Metronidazole resistant strains of Trichomonas vaginalis display increased susceptibility to oxygen

Abstract

Studies on susceptibility to oxygen, expression of functional ferredoxin and oxygen metabolism of Trichomonas vaginalis demonstrated a link between the aerobic metronidazole resistance and defective oxygen scavenging, but no involvement of ferre

Keywords

• Metronidazole-resistant Trichomonas vaginalis
• oxygen sensitivity
• superoxide dismutase
• NADH oxidase
• ferredoxin
• hydrogenosomes
• metabolism
• growth