Is It Time to Stop Using Single-dose Oral Metronidazole for the Treatment of Trichomoniasis in Women?

Sex Transm Dis. 2019 May;46(5):e57-e59. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000959.

Abstract

The 2015 Centers for Disease Control Sexually Transmitted Disease treatment guidelines currently recommend a single 2-g dose of oral metronidazole as the preferred regimen for treatment of trichomoniasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative women. Mounting recent evidence has shown that the 7-day oral metronidazole dosing regimen is more efficacious than the single 2-g dose. This commentary reviews the implications associated with these new data and discusses issues surrounding it that should be considered moving forward.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Administration Schedule*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Metronidazole / administration & dosage*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy
  • Trichomonas Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Metronidazole