Search
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Pathology:
1) urethritis
2) sexually transmitted disease
Isolated from the respiratory tract & central nervous system of newborns.
Laboratory:
- Ureaplasma urealyticum culture
- Ureaplasma urealyticum DNA
- Mycoplasma+Ureaplasma urealyticum DNA
- Ureaplasma urealyticum+Ureaplasma parvum DNA
Management:
- azithromycin or doxycycline
Notes:
- also see Ureaplasma.
General
Ureaplasma
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Waites KB, Bronze MS
Medscape: Ureaplasma Infection
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/231470-overview