Do we need to treat vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7484, 2005, Pages 186-188

  Joishy, Manohara ^a   Ashtekar, Chetan Sandeep ^b   Jain, Arpana ^c   Gonsalves, Rohini ^d  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Davids Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INDICATION; ERYTHEMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 12444297477     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7484.186     Document Type: Review

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