A3-year-old previously well girl presented with her mother with a 3to 4-day history of yellow-green vaginal discharge. Her mother noted the discharge was present on the child’s underwear. The mother reported that the child has had some intermittent vaginal itching as well, but no complaints of pain. There has been no bloody vaginal discharge. The child has been potty trained for approximately 9...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of different algorithms for the diagnosis of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among pregnant and non-pregnant women consulting health services for vaginal discharge in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS Cross sectional study among 621 women with complaints of vaginal discharge in three city council clinics between April and August 1997. Women were interviewed and e...

OBJECTIVES (1) To compare the effectiveness of two clinical protocols for the management of vaginal discharge in the situations where no laboratory facilities are available but speculum examination is possible and where basic laboratory facilities are available. (2) To determine clinical and simple laboratory indicators for diagnosis of patients with vaginal discharge in the local setting. DE...

was no burning during the act. A detailed vaginal examination was not possible since she had not attained puberty and the hymen admitted only one finger. There was bloodstained purulent exudate in the vagina and the cervix was high up. The uterus was small in size and appeared retroverted. There was a small congested area in the posterior vaginal wall about half an inch from the vaginal outlet....

BACKGROUND The genital complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge is common in South Asia. We describe the risk factors for the incidence of the complaint in women of reproductive age. Method Population-based cohort study in Goa, India. Out of 3000 randomly selected women, 2494 women participated. The outcome was an incident case of the complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge at 6 months (T1) and ...

We present the case of a 13-year-old girl with a recurrent urinary tract infection, malodorous vaginal discharge, and urinary incontinence caused by a retained vaginal foreign body. The foreign body, an aerosol cap retained for over 2 years, resulted in the formation of a ureterovaginal fistula, an extremely rare complication. The critical value of ultrasound and magnetic resonance urography in...

Sir, Vaginal discharge, itching and erythema are common genital complaints in sexually active women attending STD clinics. The leading cause of these symptoms has for many years been classical STDs, such as trichomoniasis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia (1). Endogenous genital infections, such as bacterial vaginosis and vaginal candidiasis, on the other hand, have been found in a signi®cant proportio...

OBJECTIVES Trichomonas vaginalis is thought to be the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection worldwide. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors and protozoan load of T. vaginalis infection in South African women. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 604 women was conducted at 25 primary healthcare facilities in rural South Africa (Mopani district). T. vaginalis DNA was detect...

The presence of various amines in vaginal fluid from women with malodorous vaginal discharge has been reported before. The investigations have used several techniques to identify the amines. However, an optimized quantification, together with a sensitive analysis method in connection with a diagnostic procedure for vaginal discharge, including the syndrome of bacterial vaginosis, as defined by ...