1995
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(94)00112-x
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Neonatal Trichomonas vaginalis infection

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“…In the literature, only a few case reports showed that treatment for seven days was effective in eradicating the organism. 5 Considering the evidence in the literature, an additional five-day course of metronidazole, to complete a total of seven days of treatment, was subsequently given to the patient presented in our case report. Another recent report described a neonate with respiratory symptoms who was colonized with T. vaginalis, who showed clinical improvement with metronidazole treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…In the literature, only a few case reports showed that treatment for seven days was effective in eradicating the organism. 5 Considering the evidence in the literature, an additional five-day course of metronidazole, to complete a total of seven days of treatment, was subsequently given to the patient presented in our case report. Another recent report described a neonate with respiratory symptoms who was colonized with T. vaginalis, who showed clinical improvement with metronidazole treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…It is believed that the effect of maternal estrogens on the vaginal epithelium may predispose newborn female infants to infection. 1 Successful treatment has been reported with metronidazole. 8,9 We speculate that the development of a ''bubbly'' radiographic appearance of this patient's lungs, together with persistent oxygen requirement after several weeks of life following a relatively benign acute phase of her illness, is reminiscent of the condition described by Wilson and Mikity 10 in 1960, and later discussed by Hodgman et al 11 This late-developing syndrome, characterized by cyanosis, retractions, and tachypnea in small premature infants, was reported to have its onset after several weeks of life in infants without respiratory distress at birth.…”
Section: Denouement and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the immediate newborn period, the vagina is sterile and alkaline. 4 However, as maternal estrogens decrease postnatally, the pH falls to approximately 4.0 to 5.0. Because T. vaginalis grows best in an acidic environment, it has been proposed that the postnatal changes in pH in the newborn vagina make the infant more susceptible to the organism.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…9 It is likely that infants are infected through vulvovaginal contact with the organism at the time of delivery, although some have hypothesized that the organism is ingested through meconium or feces. 4 Although nosocomial transmission of T. vaginalis has not been reported, this route of infection is theoretically possible. However, T. vaginalis exists only in the vegetative, trophozoite state, which is generally less hardy than cyst forms that are often implicated in the person-to-person transmission of other protozoa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%