title: [Study on causes and treatment of repeated vulvovaginitis in girlhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the causes and treatment of repeated vulvovaginitis in girlhood in order to improve its prevention and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one girls with repeated vulvovaginitis (age < or = 10 years) admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from Jan. 1990 to Nov. 2004 were reviewed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found 28 girls (55%) suffering from non-specific vulvovaginitis and 14 ones (27%) suffering from posterior recto-vaginal fistula with in 51 patients. Five girls (10%) were smitten with vulval ulcer and 3 ones (6%) had been were found with vaginal foreign bodies. One girl (2%) was smitten with adhesion of labia minora. The vaginal discharges taken from 21 girls were cultured. Seventeen cases found bacteria. The positive rate of bacteria culture in the 21 cases reached 81%, in which, E.coli accounted for 5 cases (24%), staphylococcus and streptococcus accounted for 3 cases (14%) respectively. Patients suffering from non-specific vulvovaginitis and vulval ulcer accepted external lotion, antibiotic ointment or combining with antibiotics. Patients suffering from posterior recto-vaginal fistula accepted fistulectomy. Three girls who found vaginal foreign bodies took out of foreign bodies by hysteroscope. Fifty-one girls all were cured after appropriate therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vulvovaginitis is the most common gynecologic diagnosis in girlhood. The principal cause of repeated invasion is non-specific vulvovaginitis and the secondly one is posterior recto-vaginal fistula. It need overhaul during the diagnosis. It is very availability to use hysteroscopy and do bacteria culture + antibiotic sensitivity test for repeated pediatric vulvovaginitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Di-kai
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiu-yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dong-zi
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jian-quan
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Kuang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents