Ureaplasma urealyticum osteomyelitis in a very low birth weight infant

Gjurić, G.; Prislin-Muskić, M.; Nikolić, E.; Zurga, B.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine 22(1): 79-81

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5577
PMID: 8035299
Document Number: 423685
We are reporting on a very low birth weight male infant with osteomyelitis of the right femur during blood stream infection with Ureaplasma urealyticum. After previously recognized pulmonary and central nervous system infections, our case description link U. urealyticum to bone disease, widening the spectrum of pathologic conditions in neonates due to this agents.

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