title: Reply to Hickey and Forney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Muzny
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Josey
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000502:physiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*