In utero exposure to Ureaplasma spp. is associated with increased rate of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-336

  Kasper, David C ^a   Mechtler, Thomas P ^a   Böhm, Judith ^a   Petricevic, Ljubomir ^a   Gleiss, Andreas ^a   Spergser, Joachim ^b   Witt, Armin ^a   Herkner, Kurt R ^a   Berger, Angelika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Intrauterine infection; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Preterm infant; Ureaplas ma spp

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959957024     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.022     Document Type: Article

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