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Herpes Simplex of the Lower Genital Tract in the Female |
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| Authors: | W. A. McIndoe M. J. Churchouse |
| Affiliation: | *National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Postgraduate School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland |
| Abstract: | Summary: An "epidemic" of vaginal herpes simplex in 18 gynaecological patients in the 3-year period, January 1968 to February 1971, is presented. The basis of diagnosis has been in most cases an acute illness (13 of 18 patients), a positive cytology report (13 of 17 patients) and a positive herpes simplex virus culture report (13 of 15 patients). Early in the series the clinical picture was of a significant illness in which the cervix was primarily involved. The clinical picture then changed, the patients more commonly presenting with acute vulvitis and either marked dysuria or retention of urine. The implication of this infection to the fetus in the last weeks of pregnancy and its relationship to invasive carcinoma of the cervix is discussed. |
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