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Pediatr Clin North Am
; 53(3): 529-45, viii, 2006 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16716795
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to review the common complaints related to the vaginal area in pubertal girls and offer an approach to those presenting with nonurologic perineal problems or issues related to emerging sexuality. Included is a discussion of the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of physiologic discharge, vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Other vulvovaginal complaints are considered, and screening tests that can help differentiate the origin of the problem as urologic or gynecologic are briefly addressed.