title: Premature with trichomoniasis: report of one case.
abstract: We report a case of an extremely-low-birth-weight premature infant with Trichomonas vaginalis infection of the vagina and urinary tract. Her mother is also infected with Trichomonas vaginalis but is asymptomatic. The patient's illness started as an asymptomatic pyuria and later on at early infancy developed profuse malodorous vaginal discharge. Her vaginal discharge was positive for Trichomonas vaginalis, both on wet mount and Papanicolaou smear, and the infection responded well to treatment with metronidazole. Infants with recurrent vaginal discharge presenting beyond the neonatal period may be attributed to T. vaginalis infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cardinal Tien Hospital, 362, Jhongjheng Rd., Hsintian City, Taipei Hsien 231, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jeng-Jye
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lai King
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Li-Chuan
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Leticia B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sy
authors.forename: Fur-Jiang
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Leu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000994:Antitrichomonal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000994:Antitrichomonal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole