Characteristics of the vaginal microbiomes in prepubertal girls with and without vulvovaginitis
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Vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls.
This retrospective study evaluated the clinical features and findings in bacterial cultures and in microscopic examination of vaginal secretions in 80 prepubertal girls, aged 2-12 years, with vulvovaginitis. Vaginal secretions were obtained directly from the vagina with a sterile catheter carefully inserted into the vagina. Pathogenic bacteria were isolated in 36% of cases. In 59% of these case...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0934-9723,1435-4373
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-021-04152-2