Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma Screening for Pregnant Individuals Who Are at High Risk for Preterm Birth

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OBJECTIVE:  This study aimed to examine gestational age at delivery according to Ureaplasma/Mycoplasma cervical culture results and whether pregnant individuals received antibiotics.

STUDY DESIGN:  A retrospective cohort study at a single academic institution where all pregnant individuals with risk factors for preterm birth including those with a history of preterm birth, recurrent pregnancy loss, or pregnancy requiring cervical cerclage were included. We plotted Kaplan-Meier curves to investigate the association between the gestational age at delivery and Ureaplasma culture results (negative; positive and treated; or positive but did not receive the treatment). A Cox proportional regression model was used to calculate hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), controlling for confounders. The main outcome was age at delivery. Analyses were repeated for Mycoplasma culture.

RESULTS:  Of 607 individuals, 258 (42.5%) had a negative Ureaplasma culture, 308 (50.7%) had a positive Ureaplasma culture and received treatment, and 41 (6.8%) had a positive Ureaplasma culture and did not receive treatment. Compared with those who had a positive Ureaplasma culture but did not receive treatment, those who had a negative Ureaplasma culture did not have a decreased risk (HR: 1.03; 95% CI: 0.74-1.44). Compared with those who had a positive Ureaplasma culture but did not receive treatment, those who had a positive Ureaplasma culture and received treatment did not have a decreased risk (HR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.66-1.27). The treatment failure rate of Ureaplasma after treatment was 78.6% (95% CI: 72.8-83.7%). Overall, the findings of Mycoplasma were similar.

CONCLUSION:  Routine ureaplasma/mycoplasma cervical culture is not recommended for pregnant individuals who are at high risk for preterm birth.

KEY POINTS: · Ureaplasma/mycoplasma species are isolated in patients with preterm birth.. · High ureaplasma/mycoplasma recurrence rate despite treatment with antibiotics.. · Treatment of patient and partner did not improve gestational age at delivery.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Enthalten in:

American journal of perinatology - (2023) vom: 29. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kawakita, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Waller, Jerri [VerfasserIn]
DeYoung, Tracey [VerfasserIn]
Nehme, Lea [VerfasserIn]
Collazo, Madison C [VerfasserIn]
Barake, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Ethirajan, Monica A [VerfasserIn]
Kanaan, Camille M [VerfasserIn]
Abuhamad, Alfred [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1055/s-0043-1771504

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NLM360159877