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vertically or by sexual contact. Up to one-third of patients with trichomoniasis
have an additional concurrent gonorrhea, so should have further testing
performed.
TRICHOMONAL VAGINITIS
Clinical Considerations
Clinical Recognition
A small proportion of vaginally delivered female neonates acquire trichomonal
vaginitis from their infected mothers. Infants harboring only a few trichomonads
may never develop clinical disease, but the remainder will have a thin whitish or
yellowish vaginal discharge that appears within 10 days after birth and may
persist for several months if untreated. Infected babies may be fussy but are
otherwise well.
