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  • Title: A prospective study of mycoplasma infection in the preterm infant.
    Author: Rudd PT, Brown MB, Cassell GH.
    Journal: Isr J Med Sci; 1984 Oct; 20(10):899-901. PubMed ID: 6511316.
    Abstract:
    The nasopharyngeal aspirates of 235 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit over a 14-month period were tested for the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis. Serological studies were carried out on 41 infants. U. urealyticum was isolated from 53 (22%) babies and was not associated with illness. There was a significant association between U. urealyticum colonization and preterm birth, low birth weight and prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM). M. hominis was isolated in six babies (2.6%). Three of these developed an immune response; in two of these pneumonia was seen. M. hominis may be a cause of pneumonia in the preterm infant.
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