Ureaplasma urealyticum and chronic lung disease.
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.
Smyth
A R
AR
Liverpool Maternity Hospital, UK.
Shaw
N J
NJ
Pratt
B C
BC
Weindling
A M
AM
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*