Ureaplasma urealyticum infection and neonatal diseases / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) is an opportunistic pathogenic microorganism, widely colonized in the reproductive tract of women in childbearing age, and can cause fetal infection through vertical transmission.UU infections in neonates can cause damages to multiple systems, such as pneumonia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necroti-zing enterocolitis, intracranial hemorrhage, meningitis, and retinopathy of prematurity.Therefore, it is of important signi-ficance to avoid serious consequences in the neonatal period and improve long-term adverse outcomes by understan-ding the biological characteristics and epidemiological characteristics of UU and the neonatal diseases associated with UU infections, attaching great importance to the early screening and early intervention of UU infections and grasping the optimal treatment opportunity.