| non-specific vaginitis | bacterial vaginosis |
|---|---|
| desquamative inflammatory vaginitis | An acute inflammation of the vagina of unknown cause, characterised by grayish pseudomembrane, free discharge, and easy bleeding on trauma; the discharge contains pus and immature epithelial cells, although oestrogen levels are normal. Vaginitis emphysematosa, vaginitis characterised by accumulation of gas in small connective tissue spaces lined by foreign-body giant cells. Synonym: pachyvaginitis cystica, vaginitis cystica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichomonas vaginitis | Inflammation of the vagina, marked by a purulent discharge. This disease is caused by the protozoan trichomonas vaginalis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| trichomoniasis vaginitis | Acute vaginitis or urethritis caused by infection with Trichomonas vaginalis, which does not invade the mucosa or the tissue but provokes an inflammatory reaction; infection is venereal or by other forms of contact; widespread infection in human populations is usually asymptomatic but may produce vaginitis, with vaginal and vulvar pruritis, leukorrhoea with frothy watery discharge, and (rarely) purulent urethritis in males. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungal vaginitis | <pathology> A local infection of the vaginal mucosa caused by Candida. (27 Sep 1997) |