[Value and limitations of the research of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in gastric fluid in newborn infants].
Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum were cultured and counted in the gastric fluid of 153 neonates divided into three groups: 28 preterm neonates managed in an intensive care unit (Group I); 83 full term neonates with suspected infection (Group II); and 42 full term neonates with not evidence of infection (Group III). The colonization rate (17.85%) in the intensive care unit group was not significantly different from the rates seem in the two other groups. These results do not militate against the pathogenic role of the two organisms studied but rather suggest a contributory role of other factors.
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Service de Microbiologie et d'immunologie, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère, Clamart, France.
Lebrun
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Magny
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Copin
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de Maneville
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Vial
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D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
Intérêt et limites de la recherche de Mycoplasma hominis et Ureaplasma urealyticum dans le liquìde gastrique des nouveau-nés.