Los compuestos 5-nitroimidazoles son el tratamiento estándar para la tricomoniasis urogenital. Cuando un paciente presenta hipersensibilidad confirmada a esta clase de fármacos, se requiere un enfoque terapéutico completamente diferente.
Este protocolo está indicado para pacientes con tricomoniasis urogenital que presentan hipersensibilidad documentada a los fármacos 5-nitroimidazoles, lo que contraindica el uso de los agentes convencionales de primera elección.
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00109-16
Although the 5-nitroimidazole compounds are the most effective drugs for treating T. vaginalis infection, disulfiram and nithiamide (Fig. 2c and d) might represent alternatives for treating patients with hypersensitivity to 5-nitroimidazole drugs.
In a study conducted on nine patients infected with T. vaginalis, among whom four patients had strains that were metronidazole resistant and five patients were allergic to metronidazole, treatment with paromomycin cream (250 mg per 4-g applicator nightly) was achieved for 2 weeks, and six of nine women were cured.
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