The significance of Ureaplasma urealyticum as a pathogenic agent in the paediatric population

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Georgia S PinnaDimitris A Kafetzis

Abstract

Ureaplasma urealyticum is a frequent commensal in the lower genital tract of sexually active women. It may be transmitted perinatally from the colonized mother to her offspring, often resulting in prematurity and neonatal disease. The microorganism also sustains a causative role for infectious diseases in older children. U. urealyticum infection can be diagnosed by culture, polymerase chain reaction, and the detection of specific antibodies. Neonatal infection has been implicated in various pathological conditions including pneumonia, chronic lung disease, central nervous system disorders, sepsis, osteomyelitis and even death. Older children may present with wheezing, pneumonitis, pertussis-like syndrome and different forms of arthritis. Large well-designed trials have demonstrated that the regular administration of antibiotics to vaginally colonized women are not beneficial in terms of preventing preterm labour. Macrolide-containing antibiotic regimens are, however, recommended for preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Erythromycin treatment of ureaplasma respiratory colonized premature infants shows no reduction in the incidence of chronic lung disease. Treatment of central nervous system infections, sepsis and arthriti...Continue Reading

References

Jan 17, 1976·Lancet·N TafariC Marboe
Nov 1, 1991·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·W F WalshD M Null
Sep 1, 1991·European Journal of Pediatrics·F BrusS B Oetomo
Sep 1, 1991·European Journal of Pediatrics·S IzraeliS Davidson
Jan 1, 1991·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·A A MohiuddinE W Gelfand
Apr 1, 1990·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·K B WaitesG H Cassell
Apr 1, 1990·Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde·A A Bialasiewic, L Holbach
Jun 1, 1990·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·P J Sánchez, J A Regan
Sep 1, 1989·Infection·C Jorup-RönströmH Hallander
Mar 1, 1989·Journal of Adolescent Health Care : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·R J Smith
Jan 1, 1987·Sexually Transmitted Diseases·M R HammerschlagW M McCormack
Sep 1, 1987·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·S M Garland, L J Murton
Dec 1, 1986·The Journal of Pediatrics·S LikitnukulG H McCracken
Jul 1, 1995·Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition·A PaneroC Chiesa
Sep 1, 1994·Acta Paediatrica·B JonssonG Faxelius
May 1, 1994·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·J Stahelin-MassikU B Schaad
Jan 1, 1993·Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases·J OllikainenK Heinonen
Oct 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·R Y WangR K Mayur
Nov 1, 1993·European Journal of Pediatrics·A R SmythA M Weindling
Aug 1, 1993·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health·M P DykeR Andrews
Aug 1, 1993·Acta Paediatrica·J HentschelJ Peters
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·D A Eschenbach
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·E E WangP P Liu
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·N R PayneJ J Fangman
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·D T CrouseG H Cassell
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·P A QuinnJ Butany
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·A BlanchardG H Cassell
Aug 1, 1993·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·K B WaitesG H Cassell
Jan 1, 1993·Clinical Microbiology Reviews·G H CassellR Harasawa
Feb 1, 1996·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology·C EgarterM Schemper
Jan 1, 1996·Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition·P GroneckC P Speer
Jun 1, 1996·American Journal of Public Health·R L Goldenberg, W W Andrews
Jun 1, 1997·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·L PacificoC Chiesa
Dec 24, 1997·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·J Stephenson
Apr 16, 1998·Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition·A J LyonP W Ross
May 21, 1998·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·A MatlowE Wang

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 9, 2009·European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology·M A De FrancescoN Manca
Oct 22, 2013·The Journal of Infection·Amanda Gwee, Nigel Curtis
Aug 22, 2012·Pediatric Research·Leonard E WeismanLingkun Kong
Nov 17, 2009·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·Vanessa CliffordNigel Curtis
Apr 17, 2009·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Andrew WalktyKen Waites
Apr 22, 2011·BMC Infectious Diseases·Ayman B AllamLeticia Reyes
Apr 25, 2009·Pediatric Research·Scott A WallsLeonard E Weisman
Dec 4, 2015·The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians·Sun Min KimBo Hyun Yoon
Jun 24, 2010·Clinics in Perinatology·Rose M Viscardi
Jul 19, 2012·Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology·D AstrauskieneJ Venaliene
Mar 7, 2020·Critical Reviews in Microbiology·Kaitlin Elizabeth SprongSharlene Govender
Dec 19, 2020·Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie·Janine ZöllkauEkkehard Schleußner

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antifungals (ASM)

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Antifungals

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Related Papers

Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Ken B WaitesRobert L Schelonka
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society
Rose M ViscardiRichard A Pierce
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved