Failure of mebendazole to cure trichomonal vaginitis resistant to metronidazole: case reports.
After a recent report showing the in vitro susceptibility to mebendazole of a strain of Trichomonas vaginalis that was resistant to metronidazole, we present two cases of metronidazole resistant infection, both of which failed to respond to oral mebendazole.
Pattman
R S
RS
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital.
Sprott
M S
MS
Kearns
A M
AM
Earnshaw
M
M
D000328:Adult; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008795:Metronidazole; D008463:Mebendazole