Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 190-199 , August 2009

Congenital and opportunistic infections: Ureaplasma species and Mycoplasma hominis

  • Ken B. Waites

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departmentof Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. Tel.: +1 205 934 4960; fax: +1 205 975 4468.
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  • Robert L. Schelonka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • ,
  • Li Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • ,
  • Peta L. Grigsby

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
    • ,
  • Miles J. Novy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.009

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 190-199 , August 2009

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