Resumen

AVILA GALVEZ, Elena; RAMOS GUERRA, Félix; GARCIA IMIA, Ileana  y  LORENZO GONZALEZ, Antonio. Consulta de Ginecología Infanto-Juvenil, 1999-2000. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2002, vol.74, n.4. ISSN 0034-7531.

A retrospective and descriptive study of 105 female patients aged 0-19 years, who went from January 1999 to December 2000 to the infantile and juvenile gynecology service of "Wilfredo Pérez Pérez in San Miguel del Padrón municipality, was carried out. The objective was to analyze their behavior and some aspects related to girls and adolescents by using certain variables; the principal results were the prevalence of intermediate adolescence and family-supported single adolescents. The main final diagnosis were leukorrhea-vulvovaginitis for 0-10 years-old group and menstruation disorders in the 11-19 age group. As relevant aspects we found sexual intercourse, promiscuity and the non-use of contraception. Vaginal smears with culture procedures were mostly positive in girls and positive Staphylococcus Coagulase and Candida albicans were the most frequent germs.

Palabras clave : REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ADOLESCENCE; FEMALE; LEUKORRHEA; VULVOVAGINITIS; SEX EDUCATION.