See Also: Gardnerella vaginalis(medicine)
gardnerella(medicine)
Gardnerella vaginitis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
flatus vaginalis(medicine)
portio vaginalis(medicine)
arteria vaginalis(medicine)
saccus vaginalis(medicine)
Trichomonas vaginalis(medicine)
tunica vaginalis testis(medicine)

Gardnerella vaginalis (medicine)


gardnerella vaginalis


The only species in the genus gardnerella, and previously classed as haemophilus vaginalis. This bacterium, also isolated from the female genital tract of healthy women, is implicated in the cause of bacterial vaginosis (vaginosis, bacterial). It occasionally causes postpartum bacteraemia and bacteraemia following a transurethral resection of the prostate.