Gardnerella vaginalis carriage in male patients.
Urethral discharge from 579 consecutive men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) was examined for Gardnerella vaginalis. The organism was isolated from nine patients (1.5%). Of these, one patient had a probable NGU due to G. vaginalis which is an extremely rare occurrence. The remaining eight patients were carriers of G. vaginalis. The prevalence rate of G. vaginalis in 150 randomly selected men without urethritis was five percent.
D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014526:Urethritis / Q000209:etiology*