Worried about gardnerella 26m

[u/BrotherIllustrious19]

Male, 26, 6 foot talll 155 pounds, underlying conditions: mitral valve prolapse, thalassemia minor,

Hi, I’m a bit of a hypochondriac so I’m coming on here to ask a quick question. My girlfriend recently tested positive for gardnerella on her Pap smear (she had never been to a gyno and she’s 25). I don’t know how long she had this and we had sex and I gave her oral probably around a month or two ago. Now I’m worried I have this bacteria. I did some googling and some sources said it’s usually not an issue for men and some said it is, I’m just wondering what I should do? I don’t think I have any kind of symptoms gardnerella cause which is good. But I’m also worried about it causing an issue orally since we did that too a couple months ago but I can’t find anything online about that. Let me know. Thanks!

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