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Vertical Transmission of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection.

  • Huber BM Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Meyer Sauteur PM Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Unger WWJ Laboratory of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Hasters P Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Eugster MR Unilabs Duebendorf, Molecular Diagnostics, Duebendorf, Switzerland.
  • Brandt S Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Bloemberg GV Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Natalucci G Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Berger C Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerlandchristoph.berger@kispi.uzh.ch.
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  • 2018-08-09
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  • Neonatology. - 2018
Congenital infection
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Neonatal pneumonia
Vertical transmission
Chorioamnionitis
DNA, Bacterial
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Male
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Placenta
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
Pregnancy
Radiography, Thoracic
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.
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