VULVO-VAGINITIS

Seasonal variation of streptococcal vulvo-vaginitis in an urban community.

A study was made of patients investigated by general practitioners. Over a three-year period Streptococcus pyogenes (group A) was isolated most commonly from vaginal and vulval swabs collected in the winter. The serotypes of strains indicate that some had probably been derived from the skin and others from the respiratory tract. The two sources are thought to have masked a consistent, but not o...

Vulvo-vaginitis in an adult with thread-worms in the vagina.

A 17-year-old, single, woman born in the United Kingdom attended on June 26, 1971, complaining of vaginal discharge and vulval soreness of 2 months' duration. There was no history of dysuria or of recent antibiotic treatment and she was not taking contraceptive pills. She had a British boy friend with whom she had regular intercourse; he was said to have no symptoms. General examination She was...

A Case of Gonococcal Vulvo-Vaginitis Treated with M.&B. 693

Vaginitis.

This article is a review of the diagnosis and therapy of the common vaginal infections encountered by the clinician. The saline and wet mount preparations and vaginal pH are easy-to-use and effective means of establishing the correct diagnosis and should not be given until the patient has been examined and appropriate diagnostic tests carried out.

Candida vaginitis.

Candida vaginitis Other than the dermatophytic mycoses, Candida vaginitis is the most common fungal disease in the United Kingdom, described by Morton and Rashid (1977) as a near epidemic. Almost all the known facts about it are enumerative or descriptive and little is known of the factors affecting the pathogenesis, recrudescence, or recurrence of the mycosis. The facts do not disclose the psy...