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. 1994 Jun:99:252-4.

Carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis in the urethra of Indian men

B Kumar  1 , M Sharma
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  • PMID: 8088884

Carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis in the urethra of Indian men

B Kumar et al. Indian J Med Res. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

A total of 310 consecutive sexually active men attending sexually transmitted disease clinic of the Nehru Hospital, Chandigarh, were studied to assess the prevalence of G vaginalis. Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) was diagnosed in 53, acute gonococcal urethritis (AGU) in 20, psychosomatic disorders in 50 and genital ulcer disease in 187 patients. G. vaginalis was isolated in 11 patients (3.5%) only. Of these 11 isolates, 4(7.5%) were from patients with NGU, 2(10.0%) from men diagnosed to have AGU, 3(6%) from the patients with psychosomatic disorders and 2 isolates (1.7%) from patients with genital ulcer disease.

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