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Ureaplasma urealyticum other diagnostic studies
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ureaplasma is diagnosed using special culture media for Mycoplasma and/or PCR.[1][2][3] Other diagnostic studies are usually not indicated.
Other diagnostic studies
Other diagnostic studies
Microbial culture methods and/or PCR-based techniques are the only reliable methods for diagnosing Ureaplasma colonization/infection.[1][2][3]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Resch B, Gutmann C, Reiterer F, Luxner J, Urlesberger B (2016). “Neonatal Ureaplasma urealyticum colonization increases pulmonary and cerebral morbidity despite treatment with macrolide antibiotics”. Infection. 44 (3): 323–7. doi:10.1007/s15010-015-0858-7. PMID 26518581  26518581 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yoneda N, Yoneda S, Niimi H, Ueno T, Hayashi S, Ito M; et al. (2016). “Polymicrobial Amniotic Fluid Infection with Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma and Other Bacteria Induces Severe Intra-Amniotic Inflammation Associated with Poor Perinatal Prognosis in Preterm Labor”. Am J Reprod Immunol. 75 (2): 112–25. doi:10.1111/aji.12456. PMID 26668114.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ollikainen J, Hiekkaniemi H, Korppi M, Sarkkinen H, Heinonen K (1993). “Ureaplasma urealyticum infection associated with acute respiratory insufficiency and death in premature infants”. J Pediatr. 122 (5 Pt 1): 756–60. PMID 8496757.
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