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Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu) and Mycoplasma hominis (Mh) have been recently found to be potentially pathogenic for neonates. The purpose of our study was to determine the colonization of the respiratory tract of neonates with Uu and Mh, the nosocomial transmission, and the correlation of colonization with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We studied 139 neonates whose birth weight were: (37≤1000gr, 48-1001-1500g, 39 1501-2500 and 15>2500g). Out of these babies 48% were intubated. Ureaplasma was isolated from nasopharynx in 39% and from tracheal aspirates in 33% of babies and these were not significantly different in all birth weight subgroups. The Nosocomial transmission was 24%. Colonization with Mh was found in 3.5% of the neonates. The correlation between colonization and BPD showed that 40% of the colonized babies developed BPD and only 12% of those who were no colonized (p=0.03).
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Photopoulos, S., Fanariotis, D., Anatolitou, F. et al. 347 COLONIZATION OF NEONATES IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH GENITAL MYCOPLASMAS. Pediatr Res 36, 60 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199407000-00347
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