Neonatal eye infections due to Mycoplasma hominis.
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In one year Mycoplasma hominis was isolated from 8 out of 250 clinically infected eyes of newborn infants. This infection occurred in only a small proportion of babies whose mothers carried the organism in the vagina. Probably mycoplasma infection of the eye in neonates is commoner than is realized.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 3 5616 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968