title: [Treatment of purulent leukorrhea in young girls].
abstract: The case of a prepuberal girl complaining of a more or less purulent genital discharge, eventually associated with bleeding, evokes a vulvovaginitis. Vulvovaginitis is much less frequent than vulvitis. When a vulvovaginitis is resistant to medical treatment or is recurrent, an endoscopic examination is required in order to eliminate the presence of a vaginal foreign body. Treatment includes local cleaning, local antibiotics and sometimes a short course of oestrogen therapy. Oral antibiotics are indicated only in specific germ infections.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berlier
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007973:Leukorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004967:Estrogens
vernacular_title: Traitement des leucorrhées purulentes de la petite fille.