Colonization of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in pregnant women and their transmission to offspring.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum are important opportunistic pathogens that cause urogenital infections and accelerated newborn delivery in pregnant women. Moreover genital mycoplasmas have been implicated in different neonatal diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. This study was conducted to find out the prevalence and transmission rate of these two organisms in pregnant women and their neonates.

Materials and methods

Nasotracheal and pharyngeal specimens of 165 newborns hospitalized at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Rasoul Akram Hospital (during 2010 - 2011) were assessed by PCR to detect M. hominis and U. urealyticum. Moreover, PCR of vaginal specimens from their mothers were obtained to determine the prevalence

SUBMITTER: Sobouti B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4367936 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature