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We have examined vaginal cultures from 100 girls, two months to 15 years of age, who presented as outpatients to Boston City Hospital. Significant organisms are listed below:
N. qonorrhoeae was isolated from a 4 year old with purulent vaginitis. T. vaginalis was recovered from two 13 year olds, both of whom had an abnormal vaginal discharge.
Of note was the isolation of C. tropicalis as the predominant candidal species among the girls under 2 years of age and its absence among older girls. Also of interest was the relatively low rate of colonization with C. vaginale and Candida species among 3 to 10 year old girls, suggesting that the pre-pubertal vaginal may not provide a favorable environment for microorganisms which are frequently present in the adult vagina.
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Hammerschlag, M., Alpert, S., Rosner, I. et al. ISOLATION OP POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS PROM THE VAGINA OF GIRLS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE. Pediatr Res 11, 436 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00398
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00398