Metronidazole is indicated for the treatment of symptomatic trichomoniasis in females and males when the presence of the trichomonad has been confirmed by appropriate laboratory procedures (wet smears and/or cultures).
Metronidazole is indicated in the treatment of asymptomatic females when the organism is associated with endocervicitis, cervicitis, or cervical erosion.
Metronidazole is indicated in the treatment of Asymptomatic Consorts due to T. vaginalis infection.
Metronidazole is indicated in the treatment of acute intestinal amebiasis (amebic dysentery) and amebic liver abscess.
Metronidazole is indicated in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria.
*INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS, including peritonitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and liver abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group (B. fragilis, B. distasonis,B. ovatus, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus), Clostridium species, Eubacterium species, Peptococcus niger, and Peptostreptococcus species.
*SKIN AND SKIN STRUCTURE INFECTIONS caused by Bacteroides species including the B . fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptococcus niger, Peptostreptococcus species, and Fusobacterium species.
*GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS, including endometritis, endomyometritis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and post-surgical vaginal cuff infection, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptococcus niger, and Peptostreptococcus species.
*BACTERIAL SEPTICEMIA caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, and Clostridium species.
*BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS, as adjunctive therapy, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
*CENTRAL N E RVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) INFECTIONS, including meningitis and brain abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
*LOWER RESPIRATO RY TRACT INFECTIONS, including pneumonia, empyema, and lung abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
*ENDOCARDITIS caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
