The aim of the study was to define the most common causes, symptoms and clinical features of vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls, and to evaluate treatment success depending on the causative agent involved. The study included 115 girls aged 2-8 (mean 4.8) years, presenting with vulvovaginitis to the Outpatient Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Zagreb Children's Hospital, between S...

The objective: a determination of the spread somatic pathology and polymorphism MSM6 gene in development chronic recurrent vulvovaginitis girls. Materials methods. study involved 54 girls 1–6 years old. Inclusion criteria: complaints patients on itching or pain genital area, dysuria, presence synechiae vulva, clinical manifestations vulvitis during visual examination. General laboratory diagnos...

The clinical description of these four women with regard to the appearance of the vulvar vestibule could suggest a number of different diagnoses. Among these are Lichen planus and contact dermatitis. Simply the isolation of group B streptococcus in whatever quantity cannot make the diagnosis of a vulvovag-initis without knowing the histology of the skin and the exclusion of other infectious age...

Shigellosis is an infection in which the bacteria are usually localised to the alimentary tract and regional lymph nodes. However, extraintestinal infections do occur and the bacteria have been isolated from blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, conjuctival sac and sputum.' ,2,3,4 We report here a case of vulvovaginitis from which Shigella flexneri was isolated. To our knowledge, this is the first...

Three patients with vulvovaginitis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, which was refractory to conventional treatment with metronidazole are described. The T vaginalis strain isolated from one patient was resistant to metronidazole (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) more than 100 mg/l) under aerobic conditions, although under anaerobic conditions it was as susceptible as a normal reference st...

conclusions in this study, c. albicans was the most common species isolated from patients with vulvovaginitis and uti, and significantly more common amongst females compared to males. the prevalence of candida spp. had significantly declined from 2013 to 2015. moreover, the candida spp. counts were mostly higher than 103cfu/ml. results the mean age of the patients was 34.7 ± 16.3. candida albic...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Empirical discussion regarding an association between koilocytosis and vulvovaginitis often occurs. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of microorganisms associated with bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginitis in women with and without koilocytosis. DESIGN AND SETTING Analytical cross-sectional study including two cohorts of women (with and with...