[Urinary tract infections in relation to inflammatory conditions of the vagina in girls].

Having examined 538 patients of the Outpatient Clinic of Children Nephrology directed to the Clinic of Gynaecology of Developmental age in Szczecin, the authors found that urinary tract infections are in 58.5% of cases accompanied by vaginitis. This refers to 81.6% of girls in the period of the so called "hormonal silence". Among the girls examined, 51,5% of them had III microbiological picture of vagina and cultures from vagina revealed the presence of enteric bacteria. It was also found that bad sanitary and hygienic conditions have an unfavourable influence on the microbiological state of vagina in girls. A symptom of appreciation of the problem of urinary system infections accompanied by inflammatory process in vagina by a pediatrician and children's gynaecologist is an increase in visiting a children's gynaecologist from 35-56% in particular years.