Antenatal mycoplasma infection, the fetal inflammatory response and cerebral white matter damage in very-low-birthweight infants

Summary We address the question as to whether Ureaplasma urealyticum or Mycoplasma hominis, cultured from the placenta of very‐low‐birthweight (VLBW) infants, are associated with an increased risk of (a) fetal vasculitis and (b) ultrasonographic cerebral white matter echolucency. The sample consiste...

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