PLACENTAL INFECTION WITH MYCOPLASMA-HOMINIS AND UREAPLASMA-UREALYTICUM - CLINICAL CORRELATION

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  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (4) , 475-481
Abstract
Placentas from a clinical study group of 446 high-risk pregnancies and 108 normal pregancies were cultured for M. hominis and U. urealyticum and examined histologically. Results were compared and correlated with the clinical history. The recovery rate of U. urealyticum, but not of M. hominis, was significantly higher in the clinical study than in the control group. Isolation of both mycoplasmas was associated with polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration of placental membranes, fetal surface and umbilical cord. Recovery of mycoplasma was significantly higher with prolonged membrane rupture, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth and early neonatal death. Isolation of U. urealyticum, but not of M. hominis, was associated with prematurity, lower birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation.