Childhood vulvovaginitis: Report of two cases

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Tsai, Hsiu Yuan ^a   Wan, Chuan ^a   Tseng, Ching Chang ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Sexual abuse; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 33744918546     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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