Gardnerella vaginalis is associated with bacterial vaginosis (formerly called 'nonspecific vaginalis'). Bacterial vaginosis is a defined syndrome with an excessive, malododous vaginal discharge accompanied with a significant increase in the number of G. vaginalis and various obligate anaerobes, mainly Bacteroides spp and Peptostreptococcus spp, and a decrease in the number of vaginal lactobacil…