“…T. vaginalis: The organisms used in these studies included clinical isolates of T. vaginalis from patients in Seattle, WA ($13, PHS 2J, $981, Sl190, S1202, and $1220), Brooklyn, NY (B34, kindly supplied by Dr. William McCormack), and Charlottesville, VA (C7, kindly supplied by Dr. Michael Rein). T. vaginaIis isolates $13, PHS 2J, B34, and C7 have been described previously (Krieger et al 1985) and were maintained in liquid nitrogen prior to use in the current studies. $981, Sl190, S1202, and S1220 were fresh clinical isolates from patients attending the Harborview Medical Center Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic and the University of Washington Medical Center Prostatitis Clinic.…”