Microbiological aspects of vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1203-1208

  Randelović, Gordana ^a   Mladenović, Vesna ^b   Ristić, Ljiljana ^b   Otašević, Suzana ^a   Branković, Sofija ^c   Mladenović Antić, Snežana ^b   Bogdanović, Milena ^a   Bogdanović, Dragan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health Nis   (Serbia)

^c Health Care Center Ni   (Serbia)

^d Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Infections; Microbiological findings; Prepubertal girls; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINA FLORA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 84866028689     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1705-9     Document Type: Article

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