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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jan;198(1):43.e1–43.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.07.033

Table 3.

Newborn outcomes in infants with positive vs negative cord blood cultures for Ureaplasma urealyticum and/or Mycoplasma hominis

	UU and MH Cultures
Newborn Outcome	Positive	Negative	P-value
RDS	65.8	64.9	0.877
CLD	8.6	5.2	0.257
BPD	26.8	10.1	0.0001
IVH (grade 3/ 4)	8.8	6.6	0.517
PVL	3.8	2.3	0.493
SIRS	41.3	25.7	0.007
NEC	18.3	14.2	0.363
Death	8.5	9.3	0.835

RDS = Respiratory distress syndrome; CLD = Chronic lung disease; BPD = Bronchopulminary displasia; IVH = Intraventricular hemorrhage; PVL = Periventricular leukomalacia; SIRS = Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; NEC= Necrotizing enterocolitis; UU = Ureaplasma urealyticum; MH = Mycoplasma hominis