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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgrey
| name = ''Gardnerella''
| regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Actinobacteria]]
| ordo = [[Bifidobacteriales]]
| familia = [[Bifidobacteriaceae]]
| genus = '''''Gardnerella'''''
| species = '''''G. vaginalis'''''
| binomial = ''Gardnerella vaginalis''
| binomial_authority = ([[George Gardner|Gardner]] and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and [[Fermen Layton Pickett|Pickett]] 1980
}}
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== Overview ==
'''Gardnerella''' is a [[genus]] of [[Gram staining|gram-variable]] [[bacteria]] of which '''Gardnerella vaginalis''' is the only species. Gardnerella vaginalis can cause [[bacterial vaginosis]] in some women.
==Diagnosis==
===Laboratory Findings=== 
====Culture====
Once classified as a species of [[Haemophilus]], G. vaginalis grows as small, circular, convex, gray colonies on chocolate [[Agar plate|agar]]; it will also grow on HBT agar. A selective medium for ''G. vaginalis'' is [[colistin]]-oxolinic acid blood agar.
 
While typically isolated in [[Sex organ|genital]] cultures, it may also be detected from other sources, such as [[blood]], [[urine]] and [[pharynx]]. Although a chief cause of bacterial vaginosis, it may be isolated from women without any signs or symptoms of infection.
====Microscopy====
Under the [[microscope]] it appears as a [[gram-negative]] rod, although it has been reported to have a [[gram-positive]] cell wall. It is associated microscopically with [[clue cell]]s, which are [[epithelial cell]]s covered in bacteria.
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Shown below is an image of clue cells
[[Image:Clue_cells_(Gardnerella_Vaginalis).jpg|thumb|left|Clue cells (Gardnerella Vaginalis)]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Reactions====
Infections with ''G. vaginalis'' go along with [[proteolysis]], giving nitrous products such as [[cadaverine]]s and [[putrescine]]s, which can cause a bad smell and loss of water.
==Treatment==
===Medical Therapy===
One method of treatment is [[metronidazole]].
== References ==
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