WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2000: Re: gardnerella and treatment

Re: gardnerella and treatment

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:29:54 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Emme wrote: >
>it just never ends... on the culture that she just got back today, my
>ob/gyn just told me that they detected gardnerella. both of the
>cultures were labelled "genital" cultures though, so she doesn't know
>whether it occurred in the vaginal or urethral culture. she has
>prescribed one dose of Flagyl by mouth, and metrogel for five days.
>
>where would i have gotten gardnerella from? how can i prevent it from
>recurring? would it be more likely to be vaginally or urethrally
>located?
>
>my partner and i use condoms almost ALL of the time now, so i can't
>figure out where it came from. could it have been lurking around from
>when I was on the pill (through August) and didn't always use condoms? I
>am just so frustrated with always having some kind of infection down
>there :(

Emme, Gardnerella can be an inhabitant of the vagina and flair just like yeast when conditions are right. You don't necessarily have to go searching for a source, cause it may be right there in the vagina. I would use the treatment and see how things go from there... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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