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Vulvovaginitis

MedGen UID:
12129
Concept ID:
C0042998
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Vulvovaginitides
SNOMED CT: Vulvovaginitis (53277000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0007019

Definition

An inflammatory pathologic process that affects the vulva and the vagina. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Sobel JD, Sobel R
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018 Jun;19(9):971-977. Epub 2018 Jun 22 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1476490. PMID: 29932786
van Schalkwyk J, Yudin MH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMITTEE
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2015 Mar;37(3):266-274. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30316-9. PMID: 26001874
Selius BA, Subedi R
Am Fam Physician 2008 Mar 1;77(5):643-50. PMID: 18350762

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Farr A, Effendy I, Frey Tirri B, Hof H, Mayser P, Petricevic L, Ruhnke M, Schaller M, Schaefer APA, Sustr V, Willinger B, Mendling W
Mycoses 2021 Jun;64(6):583-602. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1111/myc.13248. PMID: 33529414Free PMC Article
Romano ME
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2020 Sep;63(3):479-485. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000536. PMID: 32282354
Chen Y, Bruning E, Rubino J, Eder SE
Womens Health (Lond) 2017 Dec;13(3):58-67. Epub 2017 Sep 22 doi: 10.1177/1745505717731011. PMID: 28934912Free PMC Article
Zuckerman A, Romano M
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2016 Dec;29(6):673-679. Epub 2016 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.08.002. PMID: 27969009
Riley LE
Semin Perinatol 1998 Aug;22(4):284-92. doi: 10.1016/s0146-0005(98)80017-7. PMID: 9738993

Diagnosis

Qi W, Li H, Wang C, Li H, Zhang B, Dong M, Fan A, Han C, Xue F
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021;11:759795. Epub 2021 Nov 2 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.759795. PMID: 34796129Free PMC Article
Romano ME
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2020 Sep;63(3):479-485. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000536. PMID: 32282354
Kalra B, Kalra S
J Pak Med Assoc 2017 Jan;67(1):143-145. PMID: 28065975
Zuckerman A, Romano M
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2016 Dec;29(6):673-679. Epub 2016 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.08.002. PMID: 27969009
Selius BA, Subedi R
Am Fam Physician 2008 Mar 1;77(5):643-50. PMID: 18350762

Therapy

Liu P, Lu Y, Li R, Chen X
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023;13:1153894. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1153894. PMID: 37077531Free PMC Article
Farr A, Effendy I, Frey Tirri B, Hof H, Mayser P, Petricevic L, Ruhnke M, Schaller M, Schaefer APA, Sustr V, Willinger B, Mendling W
Mycoses 2021 Jun;64(6):583-602. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1111/myc.13248. PMID: 33529414Free PMC Article
Romano ME
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2020 Sep;63(3):479-485. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000536. PMID: 32282354
Sobel JD, Sobel R
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018 Jun;19(9):971-977. Epub 2018 Jun 22 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1476490. PMID: 29932786
van Schalkwyk J, Yudin MH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMITTEE
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2015 Mar;37(3):266-274. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30316-9. PMID: 26001874

Prognosis

Lanis A, Talib HJ, Dodson N
Pediatr Ann 2020 Apr 1;49(4):e170-e175. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20200317-01. PMID: 32275761
Dunaway S, Tyler K, Kaffenberger J
Int J Dermatol 2020 Mar;59(3):297-302. Epub 2019 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/ijd.14692. PMID: 31631346
Müllegger RR, Häring NS, Glatz M
Clin Dermatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3):368-77. Epub 2016 Feb 9 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.009. PMID: 27265075
van Schalkwyk J, Yudin MH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMITTEE
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2015 Mar;37(3):266-274. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30316-9. PMID: 26001874
Costa MC, Bornhausen Demarch E, Azulay DR, Périssé AR, Dias MF, Nery JA
An Bras Dermatol 2010 Nov-Dec;85(6):767-82; quiz 783-5. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962010000600002. PMID: 21308300

Clinical prediction guides

Kraut R, Carvallo FD, Golonka R, Campbell SM, Rehmani A, Babenko O, Lee MC, Vieira-Baptista P
PLoS One 2023;18(1):e0280954. Epub 2023 Jan 26 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280954. PMID: 36701339Free PMC Article
Howard M, Hall A
Int J STD AIDS 2018 Sep;29(10):1017-1023. Epub 2018 Feb 28 doi: 10.1177/0956462418758777. PMID: 29490571
van Schalkwyk J, Yudin MH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMITTEE
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2015 Mar;37(3):266-274. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30316-9. PMID: 26001874
Ferrer J
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000 Dec;71 Suppl 1:S21-7. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00350-7. PMID: 11118561
Sobel JD
J Reprod Med 1989 Aug;34(8 Suppl):572-9; discussion 579-80. PMID: 2677361

Recent systematic reviews

Eckel F, Farr A, Deinsberger J, Kernmayer-Farr K, Foessleitner P
J Low Genit Tract Dis 2024 Jan 1;28(1):76-83. Epub 2023 Dec 7 doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000790. PMID: 38117564
Oliveira AS, Rolo J, Gaspar C, Palmeira de Oliveira R, Martinez de Oliveira J, Palmeira de Oliveira A
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2022 Sep;306(3):593-622. Epub 2021 Nov 26 doi: 10.1007/s00404-021-06332-z. PMID: 34825938
Zuckerman A, Romano M
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2016 Dec;29(6):673-679. Epub 2016 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.08.002. PMID: 27969009
Pontes AC, Amaral RL, Giraldo PC, Beghini J, Giraldo HP, Cordeiro ES
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2014 Oct;127(1):1-5. Epub 2014 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.06.017. PMID: 25128928
Lacour M, Zunder T, Huber R, Sander A, Daschner F, Frank U
Int J Hyg Environ Health 2002 May;205(4):257-68. doi: 10.1078/1438-4639-00159. PMID: 12068745

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