title: Ureaplasma urealyticum and chronic lung disease.
abstract: Neonatal lower respiratory tract colonisation with mycoplasma organisms was examined for an association with chronic lung disease. Ureaplasma urealyticum colonised 9/70 (13%) infants less than 1500 g. Seven (78%) colonised and 33 (54%) non-colonised infants developed chronic lung disease. Logistic regression analyses revealed early gestation, but not mycoplasma colonisation, was independently associated with chronic lung disease.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Maternity Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weindling
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification*