The role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in adverse pregnancy outcome

Christine L Knox; Donald Cave; David Farrell; Henry Eastment; Peter Timms

doi:10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02216.x

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The role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in adverse pregnancy outcome

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The role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in adverse pregnancy outcome

Christine L Knox, Donald Cave, David Farrell, Henry Eastment and Peter Timms

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol.37(1), pp.45-51

1997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02216.x

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Abstract

Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine

Public Health and Health Services

reaplasma urealyticum

pregnancy outcome

preterm delivery

chorioamnionitis

We investigated Ureaplasma urealyticum genital tract colonisation rates in an Australian population to determine whether colonisation was associated with adverse pregnancy outcome. Women attending an antenatal clinic were evaluated for lower genital tract colonisation at their first antenatal visit (162 women) and at 28 weeks gestation (120 women). Placentas from 92 women were cultured. U. urealyticum was the predominant isolate from the lower (57.4%) and upper (17.4%) genital tract in this population of pregnant women. U. urealyticum was a persistent coloniser during mid-trimester of pregnancy (in 88% of women colonised) whereas M. hominis, G. vaginalis, and Group B streptococcus were present as transient flora of the lower genital tract. Lower genital tract colonisation during pregnancy was not directly associated with adverse pregnancy outcome. However preterm delivery in afebrile, asymptomatic women, could possibly be associated with chorioamnionitis (four of 16 preterm births). Screening of women with a history of preterm birth may prevent upper genital tract infections and preterm delivery.

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Title: The role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in adverse pregnancy outcome
Authors: Christine L Knox (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Donald Cave (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
David Farrell (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Henry Eastment (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Peter Timms (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol.37(1), pp.45-51
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Date published: 1997
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02216.x
ISSN: 0004-8666
Copyright note: Copyright © 1997 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. This is the accepted version of the following article: Knox, Christine L, Cave, Donald, Farrell, David, Eastment, Henry, Timms, Peter (1997) The role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in adverse pregnancy outcome. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp.45-51, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02216.x
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449945502621
Output Type: Journal article

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