Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of trichomoniasis. It is the most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans in industrialized countries. [1]

This page includes the following topics and synonyms: Trichomonal Vaginitis, Trichomonas, Trichomoniasis.

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease that affects both men and women. Learn more from WebMD.

Trichomoniasis is a common cause of vaginitis. It is a sexually transmitted infection, and is caused by the single-celled protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis producing mechanical stress on host cells and then ingesting cell fragments after cell death. [1]

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Abstract. An indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) with polysaccharide and protein antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis and an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to test for antibodies against T vaginalis in 58 women with trichonomal vaginitis and 48 with non-specific vaginitis.

trich·o·mo·nal vag·i·ni·tis (trik'ō-mō'năl vaj'i-nī'tis) Acute vaginitis caused by infection with Trichomonas vaginalis, which does not invade tissues but provokes an intense local inflammatory reaction in the vagina, cervix, and sometimes the urethra; infection is sexually transmitted; symptoms include frothy green or brown discharge, vulvar itching and irritation, and dysuria.

Trichomonal vaginitis refractory to conventional treatment. Genitourin Med. 1989 Oct; 65(5):349. [Genitourin Med. 1989] Treatment failure in trichomoniasis and persistence of the parasite after Lactobacillus immunotherapy; two case reports.

WHAT IS TRICHOMONAL VAGINITIS? A suffix of 'itis' means inflammation of the part to which 'itis' is added. Here it means inflammation of the vagina, caused by a parasite that lives in the lower genitourinary tract of males and females.