Neonatal CNS infection and inflammation caused byUreaplasmaspecies: rare or relevant?

Meta-analysis shows that infants who have suffered neonatal sepsis face an increased risk of mortality and severe complications

(2014) Sabine E. Bakhuizen et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Incidence of invasive CNS disease with Ureaplasma: where are we now?

(2014) O O'Connor et al.   Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Suppression of Antimicrobial Peptide Expression by Ureaplasma Species

(2014) Li Xiao et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Infection-induced inflammation and cerebral injury in preterm infants

(2014) Tobias Strunk et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Intermittent or sustained systemic inflammation and the preterm brain

(2014) Olaf Dammann et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Toll-like receptors in Neonatal Sepsis

(2013) Fiona M O’Hare et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Modulation of lipopolysaccharide-induced chorioamnionitis by Ureaplasma parvum in sheep

(2013) Candice C. Snyder et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Immune Profiling of BALB/C and C57BL/6 Mice Reveals a Correlation BetweenUreaplasma parvum-Induced Fetal Inflammatory Response Syndrome-Like Pathology and Increased Placental Expression of TLR2 and CD14

(2013) Ayman B. Allam et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate defense regulator peptide 1018 protects against perinatal brain injury

(2013) Hayde Bolouri et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Maternal Administration of Solithromycin, a New, Potent, Broad-Spectrum Fluoroketolide Antibiotic, Achieves Fetal and Intra-Amniotic Antimicrobial Protection in a Pregnant Sheep Model

(2013) Jeffrey A. Keelan et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Ureaplasmaspecies: role in neonatal morbidities and outcomes

(2013) Rose Marie Viscardi   Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Ureaplasma parvum Undergoes Selection In Utero Resulting in Genetically Diverse Isolates Colonizing the Chorioamnion of Fetal Sheep1

(2013) Samantha J. Dando et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Toll-like receptor signaling in neonatal sepsis and inflammation: a matter of orchestration and conditioning

(2013) Kirsten Glaser et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

High-Resolution Melt PCR Analysis for Genotyping of Ureaplasma parvum Isolates Directly from Clinical Samples

(2013) M. S. Payne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ureaplasma – Are you sitting comfortably?

(2013) Amanda Gwee et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Effects of Ureaplasma parvum lipoprotein multiple-banded antigen on pregnancy outcome in mice

(2013) Kaoru Uchida et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Ureaplasma Meningitis and Subdural Collections in a Neonate

(2013) Amanda Gwee et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Synergic Activation of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2/6 and 9 in Response to Ureaplasma parvum & urealyticum in Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells

(2013) Martha Triantafilou et al.   PLoS One

The impact of the microbial load of genital mycoplasmas and gestational age on the intensity of intraamniotic inflammation

(2012) Marian Kacerovsky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Maternal azithromycin therapy for Ureaplasma intraamniotic infection delays preterm delivery and reduces fetal lung injury in a primate model

(2012) Peta L. Grigsby et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Comparative genome analysis of 19 Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum strains

(2012) Vanya Paralanov et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Brain–blood barrier breakdown and pro-inflammatory mediators in neonate rats submitted meningitis by Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) Tatiana Barichello et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Molecular Methods for the Detection of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections in Humans

(2012) Ken B. Waites et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Role of Biofilm Formation in Ureaplasma Antibiotic Susceptibility and Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Neonates

(2012) Katherine Pandelidis et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

The Role of the Multiple Banded Antigen of Ureaplasma parvum in Intra-Amniotic Infection: Major Virulence Factor or Decoy?

(2012) Samantha J. Dando et al.   PLoS One

Host Genetic Background Impacts Disease Outcome During Intrauterine Infection with Ureaplasma parvum

(2012) Maria von Chamier et al.   PLoS One

Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (3 of 7): evidence for effectiveness of interventions

(2012) Fernando C Barros et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Mutations in ribosomal proteins and ribosomal RNA confer macrolide resistance in human Ureaplasma spp.

(2011) Li Xiao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Ureaplasmas from Humans Questions the Utility of Serotyping for Diagnostic Purposes

(2011) L. Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

In utero exposure to Ureaplasma spp. is associated with increased rate of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants

(2011) David C. Kasper et al.   JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Persistence after birth of systemic inflammation associated with umbilical cord inflammation

(2011) Alan Leviton et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Pharmacokinetics of Moxifloxacin in an Infant With Mycoplasma hominis Meningitis

(2011) Kevin M. Watt et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Clarithromycin in Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Ureaplasma urealyticum-Positive Preterm Infants

(2011) R. Ozdemir et al.   PEDIATRICS

Systemic Stimulation of TLR2 Impairs Neonatal Mouse Brain Development

(2011) Xiaonan Du et al.   PLoS One

The Severity of Chorioamnionitis in Pregnant Sheep Is Associated with In Vivo Variation of the Surface-Exposed Multiple-Banded Antigen/Gene of Ureaplasma parvum1

(2010) Christine L. Knox et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Ureaplasma Species: Role in Diseases of Prematurity

(2010) Rose M. Viscardi   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

The bacterial load of Ureaplasma parvum in amniotic fluid is correlated with an increased intrauterine inflammatory response

(2010) David C. Kasper et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Detection and Characterization of Human Ureaplasma Species and Serovars by Real-Time PCR

(2010) L. Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

TLR2 activation inhibits embryonic neural progenitor cell proliferation

(2010) Eitan Okun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Ureaplasma Parvum Meningitis in a Full-term Newborn

(2010) Valerie Biran et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Frequency of Ureaplasma Serovars in Respiratory Secretions of Preterm Infants at Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

(2010) Tae-Jung Sung et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Use of azithromycin for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial

(2010) Hubert O. Ballard et al.   PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Nitrosative stress and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in periventricular leukomalacia

(2009) Robin L. Haynes et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Chorioamnionitis, Postnatal Factors and Proinflammatory Response in the Pathogenetic Sequence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

(2009) Christian P. Speer   Neonatology

Ureaplasma: Pathogen or Passenger in Neonatal Meningitis?

(2009) Vanessa Clifford et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Role of Perinatal Inflammation in Cerebral Palsy

(2009) Sylvie Girard et al.   PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

A Novel Mouse Model of Ureaplasma-Induced Perinatal Inflammation: Effects on Lung and Brain Injury

(2009) Erik Normann et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Role of Ureaplasma Species in Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease: Epidemiologic and Experimental Evidence

(2009) Rose Marie Viscardi et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Ureaplasma parvum or Mycoplasma hominis as Sole Pathogens Cause Chorioamnionitis, Preterm Delivery, and Fetal Pneumonia in Rhesus Macaques

(2009) Miles J. Novy et al.   Reproductive Sciences

The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: Umbilical cord blood Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis cultures in very preterm newborn infants

(2008) Robert L. Goldenberg et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Meningitis in Preterm Neonates: Importance of Cerebrospinal Fluid Parameters

(2008) P. Smith et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Toll-like receptors in neurodegeneration

(2008) Eitan Okun et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Mycoplasma hominis meningitis in a neonate: Case report and review

(2008) Atsuko Hata et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Intrauterine infection with Ureaplasma species is associated with adverse neuromotor outcome at 1 and 2 years adjusted age in preterm infants

(2008) Angelika Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Incidence of invasive Ureaplasma in VLBW infants: relationship to severe intraventricular hemorrhage

(2008) R M Viscardi et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Ureaplasma parvum lipoproteins, including MB antigen, activate NF- B through TLR1, TLR2 and TLR6

(2008) T. Shimizu et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Successful Treatment of Multiple Subdural Empyemata Caused by Mycoplasma hominis in a Newborn

(2008) Josephine S.C. Chong et al.   Neonatology

Using a Count of Neonatal Morbidities to Predict Poor Outcome in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Added Role of Neonatal Infection

(2008) D. Bassler et al.   PEDIATRICS