Brus F, van Waarde W M, Schoots C, Oetomo S B
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Eur J Pediatr. 1991 Sep;150(11):782-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02026711.
Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated in pure culture from blood tracheal aspirate and lung tissue in a newborn infant, who died of a severe pneumonia within 48 h after birth. The clinical course was characterized by persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Post-mortem examination revealed extensive hyaline membrane formation combined with signs of inflammation in both lungs. The clinical and histopathological picture resembled that of early onset group B haemolytic streptococcal pneumonia/sepsis.
