Urol. praxi, 2014; 15(5): 211-216

Urogynaecological infections: the perspective of a urogynaecologist

doc.MUDr.Jaromír Mašata, CSc.

Gynekologicko-porodnická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN Praha

Vulvovaginal infections are among the most common problems encountered in routine everyday gynaecological practice. Urologists

often require collaboration with gynaecologists in the case of women with recurrent urinary tract infections when they need to rule out

chronic vulvovaginal infection as a cause of the complaints. Most patients with vulvovaginal infection only require a simple examination

and treatment. Nevertheless, in a proportion of women it is difficult to establish the correct diagnosis or they respond poorly to standard

therapy. Classic manifestations of infections include discharge, itching or burning of the vulva. The conditions can be classified into viral,

bacterial, yeast or parasitic according to the causative agent. This group of infectious diseases includes trichomoniasis, vulvovaginal

candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis (BV), aerobic vaginitis (newly described in 2002; separated from BV), atrophic vaginitis, genital herpes,

and relatively recently (in 1994) described vaginal lactobacillosis.

Keywords: vulvovaginal infections, bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidosis, aerobic vaginitis, trichomonas vaginalis

Published: December 16, 2014  Show citation