Congenital pneumonia with sepsis caused by intrauterine infection of Ureaplasma parvum in a term newborn: a first case report

I Morioka; H Fujibayashi; E Enoki; N Yokoyama; H Yokozaki; M Matsuo

doi:10.1038/jp.2009.145

Congenital pneumonia with sepsis caused by intrauterine infection of Ureaplasma parvum in a term newborn: a first case report

J Perinatol. 2010 May;30(5):359-62. doi: 10.1038/jp.2009.145.

Authors

I Morioka¹, H Fujibayashi, E Enoki, N Yokoyama, H Yokozaki, M Matsuo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. ichim@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

PMID: 20428179
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.145

Abstract

We present an autopsy case of intrauterine pneumonia in a term newborn in whom Ureaplasma parvum was confirmed by PCR examinations, including a novel diagnostic tool for detecting pathogens that caused neonatal infections using multiplex PCR. This is the first report of U. parvum being implicated in the pathogenesis of congenital pneumonia with sepsis in a term newborn.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chorioamnionitis / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pneumonia, Bacterial / congenital*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial / therapy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
Sepsis / congenital*
Sepsis / diagnosis
Sepsis / therapy
Ureaplasma Infections / congenital*
Ureaplasma Infections / diagnosis
Ureaplasma Infections / therapy
Ureaplasma*