Perinatal Ureaplasma Exposure Is Associated With Increased Risk of Late Onset Sepsis and Imbalanced Inflammation in Preterm Infants and May Add to Lung Injury

Perinatal Ureaplasma Exposure Is Associated With Increased Risk of Late Onset Sepsis and Imbalanced Inflammation in Preterm Infants and May Add to Lung Injury

Background: Controversy remains concerning the impact of Ureaplasma on preterm neonatal morbidity.Methods: Prospective single-center study in very low birth weight infants <30 weeks' gestation. Cord blood and initial nasopharyngeal swabs were screened for Ureaplasma parvum and U. urealyt...

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Main Authors: Kirsten Glaser, Anna Gradzka-Luczewska, Marta Szymankiewicz-Breborowicz, Natalia Kawczynska-Leda, Birgit Henrich, Ana Maria Waaga-Gasser, Christian P. Speer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Ureaplasma parvum
Ureaplasma urealyticum
preterm infants
VLBW
bronchopulmonary dysplasia
late onset sepsis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00068/full

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