Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis presence in umbilical cord is associated with pathogenesis of funisitis

Kobe Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Egawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Morioka, Ichiro ^a   Morisawa, Takeshi ^a   Yokoyama, Naoki ^a   Nakao, Hideto ^b   Ohashi, Masanobu ^b   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Chronic lung disease; Funisitis; Mycoplasma hominis; Polymerase chain reaction; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNISITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STOMACH JUICE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; UMBILICAL CORD; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 39649097657     PISSN: 00232513     EISSN: 18830498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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