| Patients in group B had bartholinitis with symptoms of rubor, swelling or pain on the day of study enrolment. |
| Including the case herein reported there have been a total of 14 cases of bartholinitis and bartholin's abscess described in the literature. |
| They can sometimes become infected causing bartholinitis in which an intensely painful red swelling forms at the opening of the ducts. |
| But another important cause of bartholinitis is gonorrhoea, which is a sexually transmitted infection. |
