title: Shigella vulvovaginitis in childhood: a case report.
abstract: Vulvovaginitis due to Shigella sonnei is reported in a four-year-old child.Shigella sonnei as a rare primary pathogen causing vulvovaginitis, the prolonged nature of the clinical course, and the therapeutic implications of increasing resistance to ampicillin by the organism are discussed.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*