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Re: 2 yr old with bacterial infection

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:23:05 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Terri wrote: >
>A couple weeks ago our PA., told me that my 2 year old daughter had a
>vaginal bacterial infection. He prescribed an ointment to apply for 5
>days. 7 days later she ended up with her first Urinary Tract infection,
>which is now cleared up. I was wondering why a 2 year old with have a
>bacterial infection, and was the UTI related to this? Any help would be
>appreciated.

Vaginal infections are not all that uncommon in 2 year old. Contamination of the vagina, and the bladder with fecal material is all to easy.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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