SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Ureaplasma Bacterial Infections In Premature Babies More Common Than Previously Realized  Jan 8, 2008 23% of neonates born between 23 and 32 weeks of gestation have positive umbilical blood cultures for two genital mycoplasmas (bacteria lacking cell walls): Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis ... Although Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis are found in 80% of vaginal and cervical fluids, infants are not generally screened for these bacterial infections ... Writing in the article, Robert Goldenberg, M.D., Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University... (Science Daily) A Man with Chest Pain Followed by Cardiac Arrest  Jun 21, 2007 For example, we recently identified H. cinaedi in a blood culture and Bartonella henselae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Tropheryma whipplei, and Coxiella burnetii in aortic-valve biopsy specimens from patients with repeatedly negative cultures. The usefulness. (New England Journal of Medicine) Genes Discovered That Allow Gum Disease Bacterium To Invade Arteries  May 30, 2006 (October 12, 2000) -- Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of a sexually transmitted bacterium, Ureaplasma urealyticum, that is found in an estimated 60 percent to 80 percent of adults and, if passed on to newborn. . (Science Daily) Back to Health News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008