A 43-year-old member asked:

can men get bacterial vaginosis from women? if so, where would the bacteria go in the men?

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Dr. Yash Khanna answered

Family Medicine 57 years experience

Bacterial vaginosis: Men usually do not get infected with common bacterial vaginosis which is the overgrowth of bacteria normally present in vagina.But if the vaginal infection is caused by gonorrhea or chlamydia then sexual partner can contract it.

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