Not your garden-variety bacteremia: Gardnerella in an immunocompromised man

Abstract

Gardnerella is a common colonizer of the genitourinary tract, but systemic Gardnerella infections are rare and are usually associated with surgical instrumentation of the genitourinary tract. Presented is a case of symptomatic and transient Gardnerella bacteremia in an adult male patient with AIDS following a traumatic urinary catheter insertion.