Journal Article

Study of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum in Congenital Pneumonia

Abstract

Congenital pneumonia is one of the common causes of respiratory distress at birth with significant morbidity and mortality in infants. Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum are the commonest atypical bacterial causes. Clinically, congenital pneumonia is often difficult to diagnose owing to poor specificity of clinical signs, similarities in radiologic presentation with other respiratory conditions of the newborn. Isolation of these bacteria by culture from nasopharyngeal aspirates or tracheal aspirates obtained within 8 h of life is the gold standard of in diagnosis. However, this technique is elaborate and time consuming in identifying atypical bacteria. Polymerase chain reaction may replace culture as a more sensitive diagnostic aid.

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