@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0, author = "Graham, Simon and Howes, Claire and Dunsmuir, Robert and Sandoe, Jonathan", title = "Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis due to Gardnerella vaginalis", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "58", number = "10", pages = "1382-1384", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "CRP, C-reactive protein", keywords = "MRI, magnetic resonance imaging", abstract = " Gardnerella vaginalis is a facultative anaerobic Gram-variable pleomorphic rod that forms part of the normal vaginal flora. It is most commonly associated with infection of the genital tract in women, but recognition of extravaginal G. vaginalis infection is becoming more frequent. We describe an unusual case of G. vaginalis vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis in a 38-year-old woman with no apparent predisposing factors.", }