Sophie presents to the clinic with a malodorous vaginal discharge and is confirmed to have trichomonas infection treatment for her would include metronidazole 2 grams PO x 1 dose.
What is metronidazole?
- Metronidazole is also known as an antibiotic.
- It's used to treat skin infections, rosacea, and mouth infections, including infected gums and dental abscesses.
- It's also used to treat conditions such as bacterial vaginosis and pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Metronidazole is a commonly used antibiotic, that belongs to the nitroimidazole class of antibiotics.
- It is often used to treat gastrointestinal infections as well as trichomoniasis and giardiasis, and amebiasis which are parasitic infections.
- Metronidazole is used to treat an open variety of infections.
- It effort by stopping the growth of certain bacteria and parasites.
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