Incidence of invasive Ureaplasma in VLBW infants: Relationship to severe intraventricular hemorrhage

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 759-765

  Viscardi, R M ^a   Hashmi, N ^a   Gross, G W ^a   Sun, C C J ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Fairchild, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MBA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VENOUS BLOOD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BACTEREMIA; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 55749106229     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.98     Document Type: Article

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