title: [Acute bartholinitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an 18-month-old infant].
abstract: Acute bartholinitis is a disease usually seen in women in the period of genital activity. Its occurence in a prepubertal child is an extremely rare event.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the case of a 18-month-old infant presenting a Bartholin's gland abces caused by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa with a resolutive evolution after antibiotherapy and surgical drainage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of Bartholinitis should be considered in any female infant with a labial enlargement.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Jean-Verdier, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, avenue du 14-Juillet, 93443 Bondy, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Touzot
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Pontual
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Letamendia-Richard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fayad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nathanson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lachassinne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaudelus
mesh_terms: D001472:Bartholin's Glands; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000382:microbiology*