Os compostos 5-nitroimidazóis são o tratamento padrão para a tricomoníase urogenital. Quando o paciente apresenta hipersensibilidade confirmada a essa classe de medicamentos, uma abordagem terapêutica completamente diferente é necessária.
Este protocolo é indicado para pacientes com tricomoníase urogenital que apresentam hipersensibilidade documentada a medicamentos 5-nitroimidazóis, tornando os agentes convencionais de primeira escolha contraindicados.
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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