title: Skin diseases of the vulva: Infectious diseases.
abstract: A multitude of infectious diseases of viral (genital herpes, herpes zoster, genital warts and molluscum contagiosum), bacterial (syphilis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, donovanosis, erysipelas, cellulitis and necrotising fasciitis, folliculitis, impetigo, bartholin gland abscess, trichomycosis and erythrasma), fungal (candidiasis and dermatophytosis) and parasitic (pediculosis pubis) origin may affect the vulvar area. Herein, we review the infections and their skin manifestations in the vulvar area.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Bispebjerg Hospital , Copenhagen , Denmark.
authors.forename: Freja Lærke
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Bispebjerg Hospital , Copenhagen , Denmark.|b Department of Biomedical Sciences , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.
authors.forename: Simon Francis
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Thomsen
mesh_terms: D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology; D014844:Vulva / Q000382:microbiology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology
keywords: Genital herpes; candidiasis; condyloma acuminatum; dermatophytosis; folliculitis; impetigo; pediculosis pubis; syphilis