question archive A 28-year-old woman checks into a neighborhood clinic complaining of vaginal discomfort
A 28-year-old woman checks into a neighborhood clinic complaining of vaginal discomfort
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A 28-year-old woman checks into a neighborhood clinic complaining of vaginal discomfort. Examination and tests reveal she has a Trichomonas infection.
Discussion
-On the basis of the diagnosis, discuss the appropriate antimicrobial drug for treatment of this infection, along with its mechanism of action and potential side effects. (See Antiprotozoan Agents in Chapter 11.)
-Discuss some of the inherent problems with treating any protozoan infection with antimicrobial agents. (See the section Antiprotozoan Agents in Chapter 11.)
Chapter 11 anti protozoan agents from the textbook: are used in the treatment of parasitic protozoans which can infect a number of body systems. Although often effective at controlling or even curing these infections some of these agents have some dramatic and unpleasant side effects due to the fact that the treatment is against eukaryotesAlthough often effective at controlling or even curing these infections some of these agents have some dramatic and unpleasant side effects due to the fact that the treatment is against eukaryotes just like human cells. Another inherent difficulty in treating protozoan infections is that many of the organisms have several stages in their life cycles which may require treatment involving different agents being administered at different stages of the infection with the exception of quinine, most anti protozoan drugs are synthetic.
Anti protozoan agents from the text book: metronidazole, pyrimethamine, quinine, chloroquine and primaquine.
