Ureaplasma urealyticum

Pathology

• urethritis
• 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.

More general terms

• Ureaplasma