uncertainties whether mycoplasmas can cause fetal/neonatal disease disappearing

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" Premature babies are subject to a host of threats that can result in

fetal/neonatal disease. In a study published in the January 2008 issue

of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from

the University of Alabama–Birmingham Medical School and the Drexel

University College of Medicine found that genital mycoplasmas are a

frequent cause of congenital fetal infection. 23% of neonates born

between 23 and 32 weeks of gestation have positive umbilical blood

cultures for two genital mycoplasmas (bacteria lacking cell walls):

Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis.

[...]

" Romero and Garite further state that, " The initial uncertainties of

whether genital mycoplasmas can cause fetal/neonatal disease are

disappearing in light of the accumulating evidence that these

microorganisms have been implicated in neonatal sepsis, pneumonia,

meningitis and brain damage. Moreover, colonization of the neonatal

respiratory tract with these organisms is a risk factor for chronic

lung disease. " "

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