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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Gardnerella vaginalis
[gärd′nərel′ə]
Etymology: Herman L. Gardner, twentieth-century American bacteriologist; L, vagina, sheath
a genus of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria normally found in the female genital tract. The bacteria, formerly identified as Haemophilus vaginalis, may also be a marker for bacterial vaginosis.


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genitalium (13), herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and -2), Trichomonas vaginalis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and parvum, Gardnerella vaginalis, and adenoviruses (12).
Disease Organism(s) Acquired Immunodeficiency Human immunodeficiency virus Syndrome (AIDS) Bacterial vaginosis Bacteroides Gardnerella vaginalis Mobiluncus spp.
Later this year, CSI expects to launch the FemExam Gardnerella Vaginalis TestCard that detects within 10 minutes the presence of G.
 
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