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Adolescent Health
Study calls for epidemiologic research on GBS vaginitis in postpubertal girls
June 23rd, 2005
University of Pennsylvania researchers examined "the clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment of group B streptococcal (GBS) vulvovaginitis in a sample of adolescent girls and young women found to have this condition." L.R. Clark and colleagues conducted a "descriptive retrospective analysis of charts of 13 adolescent girls and young women found to have GBS vulvovaginitis." They found that "of the girls and young women with GBS vulvovaginitis, almost all were found to have a purulent vaginal discharge (n=12). Three had frank cervicitis and/or vaginitis on examination. Only one was diagnosed accurately with GBS vulvovaginitis at the time of the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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