Cultures, wet mount or stained examination. Metronidazole, an prescription antibiotic. Can be given either orally for both partners, or vaginally for women. Can recur if improperly treated as long as twenty years after original infection.
Trichomoniasis is a very common sexually transmitted disease.
Cultures increase the chances of detecting this organism and may reveal positive cases that might be missed by wet mount or stained examination. All rights reserved under US Copyright Law.