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Vaginal Discharge
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PATHOGENS
- Multiple etiologies are possible. STIs are more common in women with BV alone or with concurrent Candida spp. infections than women without these pathogens.
- Bacterial:
- Bacterial vaginosis, associated organisms
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Mobiluncus species
- Bacteroides species
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Peptostreptococci
- Chlamydia trachomatis (endocervicitis)
- Mycoplasma genitalium (endocervicitis, possible urethritis)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (endocervicitis)
- Bacterial vaginosis, associated organisms
- Fungal:
- Candida albicans (vaginitis)
- Parasitic:
- Trichomonas vaginalis (vaginitis and ectocervicitis)
- Viral:
- Herpes simplex virus (endocervicitis and ectocervicitis)
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PATHOGENS
- Multiple etiologies are possible. STIs are more common in women with BV alone or with concurrent Candida spp. infections than women without these pathogens.
- Bacterial:
- Bacterial vaginosis, associated organisms
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Mobiluncus species
- Bacteroides species
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Peptostreptococci
- Chlamydia trachomatis (endocervicitis)
- Mycoplasma genitalium (endocervicitis, possible urethritis)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (endocervicitis)
- Bacterial vaginosis, associated organisms
- Fungal:
- Candida albicans (vaginitis)
- Parasitic:
- Trichomonas vaginalis (vaginitis and ectocervicitis)
- Viral:
- Herpes simplex virus (endocervicitis and ectocervicitis)
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Last updated: January 14, 2023
Citation
Fabre, Valeria. "Vaginal Discharge." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540575/all/Vaginal_Discharge.
Fabre V. Vaginal Discharge. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540575/all/Vaginal_Discharge. Accessed February 4, 2023.
Fabre, V. (2023). Vaginal Discharge. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540575/all/Vaginal_Discharge
Fabre V. Vaginal Discharge [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2023 February 04]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540575/all/Vaginal_Discharge.
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