title: [Treatment of vulvovaginitis in children and adolescents with metronidazole].
abstract: Vulvovaginitis is the most observed genital disease in children and adolescents and dependent from different etiologic factors. Bacteriogenic non specific infections were the most frequent cause in 275 girls. Bacteria were evident in 77.5 per cent, monilia, in 12.7 per cent and trichomonas vaginalis in 3.3 per cent. 143 cases were treated with metronidazole. All patients with trichomoniasis vaginitis became free of trichomonads. The cure rate of the anaerobic infections was 73.1 per cent. No side effects were observed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole
vernacular_title: Zur Therapie der Vulvovaginitis bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Metronidazol.