[Incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma species, Streptococci of the Lancefield group B and Candida species in newborn infants during the first week of life].

In a total of 200 children born at Würzburg University Gynecological Clinic, culture and in some cases microscopic investigations were performed in the first week of life to identify chlamydia trachomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum, mycoplasma species, Lancefield group B streptococci and candida species. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in one symptom-free neonate, while ureaplasma urealyticum was found in 31 (15%) of the infants. Statistically, premature rupture was significantly more frequent (29%) in the ureaplasma-urealyticum-positive group than among the ureaplasma-urealyticum-negative infants (11%) (p less than 0.05). Mycoplasma species was detected in one newborn, Lancefield group B in 3 (1.5%). In 7 of the infants (3.5%) Candida species was isolated.