Vertical Transmission of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection.
Huber BMDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Meyer Sauteur PMDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Unger WWJLaboratory of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Hasters PDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Brandt SInstitute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bloemberg GVInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Natalucci GDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Berger CDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerlandchristoph.berger@kispi.uzh.ch.
English
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a significant cause of pneumonia in school-aged children and young adults. We report a case of neonatal M. pneumoniae pneumonia in a preterm child manifesting in the first hours of life. Vertical transmission was demonstrated by the detection of M. pneumoniae in inflamed placental tissue indicating chorioamnionitis.