title: Vulvovaginitis in healthy women.
abstract: Vulvovaginal symptoms are extremely common and result in millions of visits to practitioners' offices, STD clinics and emergency rooms. Vaginal infections or infectious vaginitis is responsible for only a minority of symptoms and is readily diagnosed. Epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy of vaginitis is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sobel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000994:Antitrichomonal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001284:Atrophy; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004414:Dyspareunia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008825:Miconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009761:Nystatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009950:Ornidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014011:Tinidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000994:Antitrichomonal Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D014230:Triazoles; D014011:Tinidazole; C037815:terconazole; D009761:Nystatin; D017964:Itraconazole; D009950:Ornidazole; D008825:Miconazole; D015725:Fluconazole; D003022:Clotrimazole; D007654:Ketoconazole; C020527:tioconazole