title: [Chlamydia and Mycoplasma infections of newborns].
abstract: Chlamydia trachomatis and the urogenital mycoplasmas are sexually transmitted microorganisms mutually infecting the sexual partners. Transmission from mother to child occurs in utero or, in particular, perinatally when the delivered child passes through the infected cervix. Diseases of newborns infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are inclusion conjunctivitis or infant chlamydial pneumonia. In very-low-birth-weight infants perinatal infections by urogenital mycoplasmas induce pneumonia, septicemia, and chronic lung disease.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Schiefer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krauss
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003235:Conjunctivitis, Inclusion; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections; D011014:Pneumonia; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; D018805:Sepsis
vernacular_title: Chlamydien- und Mykoplasmen-infektionen des Neugeborenen.