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Ureaplasma parvum or Mycoplasma hominis as sole pathogens cause chorioamnionitis, preterm delivery, and fetal pneumonia in rhesus macaques.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19122105     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The authors assess causal, cellular and inflammatory links between intraamniotic infection with Ureaplasma parvum or Mycoplasma hominis and preterm labor in a nonhuman primate model. Long-term catheterized rhesus monkeys received intraamniotic inoculations of clinical isolates of Ureaplasma parvum serovar 1, M hominis, media control or physiological saline. Genital mycoplasmas were quantified in amniotic fluid (AF) and documented in fetal tissues by culture and PCR. In association with elevated AF colony counts for U parvum or M hominis, there was a sequential upregulation of AF leukocytes, proinflammatory cytokines, prostaglandin E2 and F2a, metalloproteinase-9 and uterine activity ( P< .05). Fetal membranes and lung were uniformly positive for both microorganisms; fetal blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures and PCR were more often positive for M hominis than U parvum. Histopathologic findings of chorioamnionitis, a systemic fetal inflammatory response and pneumonitis worsen with duration of in utero infection. U parvum or M hominis, as sole pathogens, elicit a robust proinflammatory response which contributes to preterm labor and fetal lung injury.
Authors:
Miles J Novy; Lynn Duffy; Michael K Axthelm; Drew W Sadowsky; Steven S Witkin; Michael G Gravett; Gail H Cassell; Kenneth B Waites
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-01-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1933-7205     ISO Abbreviation:  Reprod Sci     Publication Date:  2009 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-01-15     Completed Date:  2009-03-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101291249     Medline TA:  Reprod Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  56-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Divisions of Reproductive Sciences Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA. novym@ohsu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amniotic Fluid / microbiology
Animals
Chorioamnionitis / microbiology*
Female
Macaca mulatta
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
Mycoplasma hominis / growth & development*
Obstetric Labor, Premature / microbiology*
Pneumonia / microbiology*
Pregnancy
Ureaplasma / growth & development*
Ureaplasma Infections / microbiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AI072577/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; AI42490/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; HD06159/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD18185/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD41676/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; RR00163/RR/NCRR NIH HHS

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