ATCC? Number:50148?
Organism: Trichomonas vaginalis Donne
Designations: NYH 286
Isolation: human, New York Hospital, New York City, 1977
Depositors: M Muller
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic Protocol: at pH 6.0
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Comments: metronidazole-sensitive [24128] [46485] [58183] Antioxidant defences [21764]
References: 850: Muller M, Gorrell TE. Metabolism and metronidazole uptake in Trichomonas vaginalis isolates with different metronidazole susceptibilities. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 24: 667-673, 1983. PubMed: 6607028 5018: Alderete JF. Antigen analysis of several pathogenic strains of Trichomonas vaginalis. Infect. Immun. 39: 1041-1047, 1983. PubMed: 6601618 21764: Ellis JE, et al. Antioxidant defences in the microaerophilic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis: comparison of metronidazole-resistant and sensitive strains. Microbiology 140: 2489-2494, 1994. PubMed: 7952198 23976: Muller M. Mode of action of metronidazole on anaerobic bacteria and protozoa. Surgery 93: 165-171, 1983. PubMed: 6849201 24128: Muller M, et al. Three metronidazole-resistant strains of Trichomonas vaginalis from the United States. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 138: 808-812, 1980. PubMed: 7004190 46485: Meri T, et al. Resistance of Trichomonas vaginalis to metronidazole: report of the first three cases from Finland and optimization of in vitro susceptibility testing under various oxygen concentrations. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38: 763-767, 2000. PubMed: 10655382 58183: Muller M, et al. In vitro susceptibility of Trichomonas vaginalis to metronidazole and treatment outcome in vaginal trichomoniasis. Sex. Transm. Dis. 15: 17-24, 1988. PubMed: 3258675 70353: Bouma MJ, et al. Activity of disulfiram (bis(diethylthiocarbamoyl)disulphide) and ditiocarb (diethyldithiocarbamate) against metronidazole-sensitive and -resistant Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 42: 817-820, 1998. PubMed: 10052908