Open AccessPatient-Delivered Partner Treatment and Trichomonas vaginalis Repeat Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
Author(s) -
Megan Gatski,
Leandro Mena,
Judy Levison,
Rebecca A. Clark,
Harold Henderson,
Norine Schmidt,
Susan L. Rosenthal,
David H. Martín,
Patricia Kissinger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181d891fc
Subject(s) - medicine , trichomonas vaginalis , transmission (telecommunications) , trichomoniasis , metronidazole , cohort , obstetrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexually transmitted disease , gynecology , immunology , syphilis , antibiotics , electrical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , biology
Repeat infections with Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women are common and may increase the risk of HIV transmission. Patient delivered partner treatment (PDPT) has been shown to reduce repeat infections of other sexually transmitted diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate adherence to PDPT and possible causes of repeat TV infection among HIV-infected women.