Methods | Randomly allocated consecutive women in a double blind way. No placebos were used and because one treatment was oral and intravaginal and the other oral only, blinding was until the time of allocation. |
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Participants | Women attending sexually transmitted disease clinic in London, England. No mention of any partner treatment attempt. |
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Interventions | Metronidazole 200 mg by mouth three times daily for 7 days versus nifuratel 200 mg by mouth three times daily for 7 days + one 250 mg vaginal pessary for 10 nights. | |
Outcomes | Parasitological and clinical cure. Side effects. | |
Notes | Diagnosis by wetmount in most cases and with culture and smear in some. Loss to follow up 17% (19/115). |