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Review
. 2017 Oct;37(7):840-848.
doi: 10.1080/01443615.2017.1306696. Epub 2017 Apr 11.

Skin diseases of the vulva: Infectious diseases

Freja Lærke Sand  1 , Simon Francis Thomsen  1   2
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Review

Skin diseases of the vulva: Infectious diseases

Freja Lærke Sand et al. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 Oct.

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.

Keywords: Genital herpes; candidiasis; condyloma acuminatum; dermatophytosis; folliculitis; impetigo; pediculosis pubis; syphilis.

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