Vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 324-326

  Stricker, T ^a   Navratil, F ^a   Sennhauser, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; VAGINA SECRETION; VULVOVAGINITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0037383643     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.4.324     Document Type: Article

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