Table 3.
Histopathologic Scoring of Fetal Lung Tissue obtained at Cesarean Section Delivery after U. parvum Infection, AZI alone or AZI plus DEX/INDO Treatment.
| Alveolar Leukocytic Infiltration |
Type II Pneumocyte Hyperplasia |
Peribronchiolar lymphocytic Aggregates |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n=7) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) |
| Ureaplasma parvum (n=6) | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) |
| U. parvum plus AZI (n=5) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (0–2) |
| U. parvum plus AZI and DEX/INDO (n=5) | 2 (0–3) | 2 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) |
Fetal lung tissue was scored according to a modified method by Viscardi et al.25
Abbreviations: AZI, Azithromycin; DEX, Dexamethasone; INDO, Indomethacin.