Correlation between trichomoniasis vaginalis and female infertility.
Trichomoniasis vaginalis is one of the common parasitic infection in females. The present results showed that infertile women with T. vaginalis with or without pathogenic microorganisms have decreased C3 & C4, increased IgA level in vaginal discharge and increased serum prolactin. So. T. vaginalis is incriminated as one of the causes of their infertility.
el-Sharkawy
I M
IM
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hamza
S M
SM
el-Sayed
M K
MK
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000150:complications*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis