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Trichomoniasis - References
SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS
Citations
American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Trichomonas vaginalis infections (Trichomoniasis). In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 674–675. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2006, reaffirmed 2008). Vaginitis. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 72. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 107(5): 1195–1206.
British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (2007). Management of Trichomonas Vaginalis Infection. Available online: http://www.bashh.org/guidelines.asp.
American Public Health Association (2008). Trichomoniasis. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 625–627. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
Forna F, Gülmezoglu AM (2003). Interventions for treating trichomoniasis in women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2).
Hobbs MM, et al. (2008). Trichomonas vaginalis and trichomoniasis. In KK Holmes et al., eds., Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th ed., pp. 771–793. New York: McGraw-Hill.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006). Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006 (CDC Publication Vol. 55, No. RR-11), pp. 52–54. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/2006/rr5511.pdf.
Huppert JS, et al. (2005). Use of an immunochromatographic assay for rapid detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in vaginal specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(2): 684–687.
Soper D (2004). Trichomoniasis: Under control or undercontrolled? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190: 281–290.
Other Works Consulted
Anderson MR, et al. (2004). Evaluation of vaginal complaints. JAMA, 291(11): 1368–1379.
McCormack WM (2010). Trichomoniasis section of Volvovaginitis and cervicitis. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practices of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1498–1500. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
Schwebke, JR, Hook EW III (2003). High rates of trichomonas vaginalis among men attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic: Implications for screening and urethritis management. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 188: 465–468.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: July 15, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease | |
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