Vaginal foreign bodies are a complaint occasionally encountered in pediatric clinics and emergency departments, and when pediatric patients present with a vaginal foreign body sexual abuse may not be considered. We describe two children with vaginal foreign bodies who were found to have been sexually abused. Each child had a discharge positive for a sexually transmitted infection despite no dis...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether a previously established low sexually transmitted infection/HIV risk in prostitutes in London has been sustained, and to measure other occupational risks, including mortality. DESIGN 9 year prospective study in west London. SUBJECTS 402 prostitutes recruited from 1985 to 1991, 320 were followed up for 675 person years to 1994. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Condom use ...