Vaginal Discharge
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PATHOGENS
- Multiple etiologies possible. STIs are more common in women with BV alone or with concurrent Candida spp. infections than women without these pathogens.
- Bacterial:
- Bacteroides species (bacterial vaginosis)
- Chlamydia trachomatis (endocervicitis)
- Gardnerella vaginalis (bacterial vaginosis)
- Mobiluncus species (bacterial vaginosis)
- Mycoplasma genitalium (endocervicitis, possible urethritis)
- Mycoplasma hominis (bacterial vaginosis)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (endocervicitis)
- Peptostreptococci (bacterial vaginosis)
- Fungal:
- Candida albicans (vaginitis)
- Parasitic:
- Trichomonas vaginalis (vaginitis and ectocervicitis)
- Viral:
- Herpes simplex virus (endocervicitis and ectocervicitis)
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