Niektóre zagadnienia z epidemiologii rzęsistkowicy u mężczyzn

The present work deals with the frequency of the occurrence of trichomonadasis in the various groups of the age examined men and in relation of the age of the examined, with stress laid on the role of the sexual route in the spreading of the infection and with the problem of symptomfree trichomonadosis in men. During the period from September 1, 1959 till April 1, 1961 a total number of 827 males were examined, whereby 51 of them proved to be infected with Trichomonas vaginalis. Most frequently trichomonadosis occurred between the 21 and 40 year of life. Among the healthy men serially examined the infection with trichomonadosis was diagnosed in 2,1% of the cases, and among the persons suspected of venereal diseases (sexual contacts, patients from UNG) in 10,8%. The results of these studies do not differ from those of other authors. The attention is drawn by the fact that in persons receiving treatment because of gonorrhoea, before the initiation of the treatment simultaneously was found the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in 3,8% of the cases, however, after completing the antigonorrhoea treatment-in 7,8% of the cases. In the course of the examinations of the males, the sexual partners of women suffering from trichomonadosis, in 36,3% of them Trichomonas vaginalis was found. Among the women, sexual partners of men suffering from trichomonadosis the infection was found in 100% of the examined. From these studies it is evident that infection by the sexual intercourse route plays a very essential role in the epidemiology of trichomonadosis in men. Finally attention is drawn to the frequently symptomfree course of trichomonadosis in men. In the authors' own material, symptomfree trichomonadosis was found in 41,1% of the examined. The epidemiological significance of this fact is stressed and in connection with this, attention is drawn to the necessity of an examination of all men, sexual partners of women suffering from trichomonadosis. Such an examination forms an essential element in the prophylaxis of this disease and a condition of efficacy of the treatment.