Group A streptococcal vaginitis: An unrecognized cause of vaginal symptoms in adult women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-98

  Verstraelen, Hans ^a   Verhelst, Rita ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Streptococcus pyogenes; Vaginal discharge; Vaginal flora; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ESTRIOL; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRITIS; GENITAL EDEMA; GENITAL ERYTHEMA; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MENOPAUSE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS; VULVA DISEASE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79958854081     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1861-6     Document Type: Article

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