The syndromic management of vaginal discharge using singledose treatments: a randomized controlled trial in West Africa

• Main Authors: Jacques Pépin (Author), François Sobela (Author), Nzambi Khonde (Author), Thomas Agyarko-Poku (Author), Soumaila Diakité (Author), Sylvie Deslandes (Author), Annie-Claude Labbé (Author), Mohamed Sylla (Author), Comfort Asamoah-Adu (Author), Eric Frost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether single-dose treatments are as effective as standard therapy in the syndromic management of vaginal discharge. METHODS: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial compared single-dose tinidazole plus fluconazole (TF) with treatment for 7 days with metronidazole plus 3...