Symptoms related to vulvitis and vulvovaginitis are a frequent complaint in the paediatric age. Knowledge of the risk factors and the pathogenetic mechanisms, combined with thorough clinical examination, helps to distinguish between dermatological diseases, non-specific vulvitis and vulvovaginitis proper. On the basis of microbiological data, the most common pathogens prove to be Streptococcus ...

Over a period of 33 months in a paediatric accident and emergency department, the clinical pattern and possible causes of vulvovaginitis were studied prospectively in 200 girls presenting with genital discharge, irritation, pain, or redness. The major causes were poor hygiene and threadworms. The suspicion of sexual abuse arose in a few girls but no organisms of sexually transmitted disease wer...

OBJECTIVE To identify clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic evidence of a probable sexually transmitted infection associated with vulvovaginal symptoms in adolescents denying sexual activity. MATERIAL AND METHODS The medical records of female adolescents, aged 10-18 years were reviewed. These women received first-time medical care for vulvovaginitis, between 1995 and 1999 at Hospital Infa...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com leading to a decrease in the working capacity and quality of life of a woman. By definition, cystitis is an infectious-inflammatory process in the wall of the bladder, mainly in the mucous membrane [1]. This disease is very common: the incidence rate among women 20-40 years is 25-35%. About 30% of women throughout their lives at least once fall ill ...

Data in the Caribbean documenting the speciation of yeast associated with vulvovaginitis are lacking. The widespread use of antibiotics and increased availability of antimycotic agents, both prescribed and over-the-counter, predisposes both to a change in the epidemiologic patterns and the possible development of secondary resistance among previously susceptible yeast. This study was conducted ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com leading to a decrease in the working capacity and quality of life of a woman. By definition, cystitis is an infectious-inflammatory process in the wall of the bladder, mainly in the mucous membrane [1]. This disease is very common: the incidence rate among women 20-40 years is 25-35%. About 30% of women throughout their lives at least once fall ill ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com leading to a decrease in the working capacity and quality of life of a woman. By definition, cystitis is an infectious-inflammatory process in the wall of the bladder, mainly in the mucous membrane [1]. This disease is very common: the incidence rate among women 20-40 years is 25-35%. About 30% of women throughout their lives at least once fall ill ...