title: Ureaplasma urealyticum cultured from brain tissue of preterm twins who died of intraventricular hemorrhage.
abstract: We present a case of premature twins, born at 24 weeks of gestation. Both infants died of intraventricular hemorrhage, aged 1 and 3 days, respectively. Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from brain tissue obtained at the autopsy of both infants. Our observations lend additional evidence of the role of U. urealyticum as a central nervous system pathogen in premature infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ollikainen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiekkaniemi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korppi
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Katila
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heinonen
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity