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Neonatal lower respiratory tract colonisation with mycoplasma organisms was examined for an association with chronic lung disease.Ureaplasma urealyticum colonised 9/70 (13%) infants less than 1500 g. Seven (78%) colonised and 33 (54%) non-colonised infants developed chronic lung disease. Logistic regression analyses revealed early gestation, but not mycoplasma colonisation, was independently associated with chronic lung disease.
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Smyth, A.R., Shaw, N.J., Pratt, B.C. et al. Ureaplasma urealyticum and chronic lung disease. Eur J Pediatr 152, 931–932 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957534
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957534