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[Gardnerella vaginalis infection--another sexually transmitted disease].
Hautarzt. 1984 Oct; 35(10):512-6.H

Abstract

The Gardnerella vaginalis infection of the urogenital tract, an STD, is of clinical importance in females and of epidemiological importance in males. Females suffer from vulvovaginitis amine colpitis, with a bad-smelling grey vaginal discharge with a pH of 5.0-5.5, which contains "clue cells". The urethra of males is often asymptomatically infected. The identification of G. vaginalis is time-consuming and requires a lot of material. Isolation and identification of G. vaginalis can not yet be made in the routine examination of outpatients suffering from urogenital tract infections. If the diagnosis is based on signs such as bad-smelling grey discharge containing "clue cells", and the increase in pH about 20% false-positive and 20% false-negative results will be obtained. If G. vaginalis is isolated, simultaneous infections with further agents such as Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae etc., Trichomonas vaginalis, Candida species and HSV 2 should be excluded. Metronidazole (1 g/day for 5 days) is the drug of first choice in G. vaginalis infection.

Authors

Hartmann AA
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Elsner P
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MeSH

Bacteriological TechniquesDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleGardnerella vaginalisHaemophilus InfectionsHumansMaleMetronidazoleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsSexually Transmitted DiseasesUrethritisVaginitis

Pub Type(s)

English Abstract
Journal Article

Language

ger

PubMed ID

6389437

Citation

Hartmann, A A., and P Elsner. "[Gardnerella Vaginalis Infection--another Sexually Transmitted Disease]." Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift Fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, Und Verwandte Gebiete, vol. 35, no. 10, 1984, pp. 512-6.
Hartmann AA, Elsner P. [Gardnerella vaginalis infection--another sexually transmitted disease]. Hautarzt. 1984;35(10):512-6.
Hartmann, A. A., & Elsner, P. (1984). [Gardnerella vaginalis infection--another sexually transmitted disease]. Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift Fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, Und Verwandte Gebiete, 35(10), 512-6.
Hartmann AA, Elsner P. [Gardnerella Vaginalis Infection--another Sexually Transmitted Disease]. Hautarzt. 1984;35(10):512-6. PubMed PMID: 6389437.
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