Vulvovaginitis in healthy women.
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.
Sobel
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Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Mich., USA.
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
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