Role of Ureaplasma species in neonatal chronic lung disease: Epidemiologic and experimental evidence

Pediatric Research

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Viscardi, Rose Marie ^a,b   Hasday, Jeffrey D ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COLLAGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; ELASTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOMETACIN; OXYGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 68049127513     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819dc2f9     Document Type: Review

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