Gardnerella vaginalis prostatitis and its treatment: A case report

Mallory E. McCormick; Mark T. Herbert; E. Bradley Pewitt

Urology Case Reports (Jan 2022)

Gardnerella vaginalis prostatitis and its treatment: A case report

Mallory E. McCormick,
Mark T. Herbert,
E. Bradley Pewitt

Affiliations

Mallory E. McCormick: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, 6775 Bobcat Way, Dublin, OH, 43016, USA
Mark T. Herbert: Mount Carmel Medical Group Infectious Diseases, 775 West Broad Street, Suite 200, Columbus, OH, 43222, USA
E. Bradley Pewitt: Central Ohio Urology Group, 701 Tech Center Drive, Suite 100, Gahanna, OH, 43230, USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 40
p. 101874

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Gardnerella vaginalis is a rare cause of symptomatic urethritis and prostatitis in sexually active men. There are limited cases in the literature and few treatment recommendations. Treatment with metronidazole or clindamycin of both sexual partners may provide resolution of symptoms in these men.

Published in Urology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-4420 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
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