| Ureaplasma urealyticum is a cell wall free bacterium found in the lower urogenital tract of up to 83.1% of all sexually active adult women. Up 90% of all pregnant women have also been shown to be infected with U. urealyticum through endocervical cultures, whereas only up to 15% of pregnant women have cultural evidence of ureaplasmal infection of the placenta. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the University Hospital of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which included 645 of 815 (79%) Cesarean section deliveries with intact fetal membranes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between maternal diabetes, maternal hypertension, and placental infection with Ureaplasma urealyticum. Using multivariate logistic regression to control for confounding factors, it was found that in this population, the odds ratio for placental infection, given maternal diabetes, was 1.39 (CI... |
