Intra-Amniotic Infection with <italic toggle="yes">Ureaplasma parvum</italic> Causes Preterm Birth and Neonatal Mortality That Are Prevented by Treatment with Clarithromycin

Intra-Amniotic Infection with <italic toggle="yes">Ureaplasma parvum</italic> Causes Preterm Birth and Neonatal Mortality That Are Prevented by Treatment with Clarithromycin

ABSTRACT Intra-amniotic infection is strongly associated with adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Most intra-amniotic infections are due to Ureaplasma species; however, the pathogenic potency of these genital mycoplasmas to induce preterm birth is still controversial. Here, we first laid out a...

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Main Authors: Kenichiro Motomura, Roberto Romero, Yi Xu, Kevin R. Theis, Jose Galaz, Andrew D. Winters, Rebecca Slutsky, Valeria Garcia-Flores, Chengrui Zou, Dustyn Levenson, Robert Para, Madison M. Ahmad, Derek Miller, Chaur-Dong Hsu, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Subjects:
Ureaplasma
antibiotics
bacterial burden
intra-amniotic infection
neonate
pregnancy
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/376ac8970ef1425d8420cfdeec6b82f6
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