臨床婦人科産科72巻1号

2018年01月発行

合併増大号　今月の臨床 産婦人科感染症の診断・管理─その秘訣とピットフォール 早産と周産期感染症

ウレアプラズマの基礎

著者： 不破一将¹ 早川智²

所属機関： ¹日本大学医学部小児科学系小児科学分野 ²日本大学医学部病態病理学系微生物学分野

ページ範囲：P.132 - P.138

●ウレアプラズマ単独では，早産を予測する危険因子として不十分である．他の微生物との共感染，母体の免疫反応や遺伝的背景などを含めて検討する必要がある．

●病原性因子を特定し，病原性の高いウレアプラズマの検出法の開発を進める必要がある．

●LAMP法によるウレアプラズマの検出法は，臨床応用を進めていく予定である．特に，通常ウレアプラズマは存在しない新生児領域での応用が期待される．

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