| sexually transmitted diseases in children and evidence of sexual abuse. | during the period june 1989 to march 1991, laboratory evidence of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) was found in 107 patients at the red cross war memorial children's hospital in cape town. data was available on 96 patients aged 23 months to 14 years (mean 75.9 months). vaginal discharge was the most frequent presenting symptom (76%), particularly in those less than 5 years of age (90%). although a history of abuse was not given on presentation in 62%, evidence of abuse was subsequently elici ... | 1995 | 8556444 |