Management of vulvovaginitis and vaginal discharge in prepubertal girls

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-120

  Sharma, B ^a   Preston, J ^a   Greenwood, P ^a  

^a JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paediatric vulvovaginitis; Premenarcheal discharge; Prepubertal girls; Prepubertal vaginitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; ESTROGEN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; PROBENECID; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; PYROVINIUM PAMOATE; SPECTINOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM STAINING; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKORRHEA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYP; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; URETHRA DISEASE; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 3543122384     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigp.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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