Congenital pneumonia with sepsis caused by intrauterine infection of Ureaplasma parvum in a term newborn: A first case report

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Morioka, I ^a   Fujibayashi, H ^a   Enoki, E ^a   Yokoyama, N ^a   Yokozaki, H ^a   Matsuo, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine infection; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Term newborn; Ureaplasma parvum

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FOSFLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; FUNISITIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFLAMMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEPSIS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77951798647     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.145     Document Type: Article

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