Treatment of trichomoniasis in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa does not appear to be associated with low birth weight or preterm birth - STRINGER, Elizabeth; READ, Jennifer S; HOFFMAN, Irving; VALENTINE, Megan; ABOUD, Said; GOLDENBERG, Robert L (South African medical journal, 2010)
Keywords: Adult; Africa South of the Sahara; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight, Low; Care and treatment; Cohort Studies; Diagnosis; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Erythromycin - therapeutic use; Female; General aspects; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Metronidazole - therapeutic use; Parasitic diseases; Parasitic diseases due to ciliates and flagellates; Patient outcomes; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - epidemiology; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Premature birth; Premature Birth - epidemiology; Protozoal diseases; Risk factors; Treatment Outcome; Trichomonas vaginalis; Trichomonas Vaginitis - complications; Trichomonas Vaginitis - drug therapy; Trichomoniasis; Young Adult; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; South Africa; Infection; Pregnancy; Newborn diseases; Protozoal disease; Treatment; Pregnancy disorders; Prematurity; Trichomoniasis; Low birth weight; Premature delivery; Tropical medicine; Parasitosis