RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Urine culture for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in men.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 46
OP 48
DO 10.1136/sti.56.1.46
VO 56
IS 1
A1 Wilson, A
A1 Ackers, J P
YR 1980
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/1/46.abstract
AB Urine samples were collected from 248 men, 21 of whom were known contacts of women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis. This organism was cultured from only three of the 21 specimens from patients in the contact group. The cultural technique was shown to be capable of reliably detecting small numbers of organisms under practical conditions; it appears, therefore, that most male contacts shed relatively few trichomonads and that the infective dose for women must be correspondingly small.