The Role of Mycoplasma in Infections Transmitted from Mother to Child

Abstract

The current study aimed to demonstrate the role Mycoplasma diseases transmitted from mother to premature infants in Maysan Governote, who gave birth naturally in Al-Zahrawi Hospital in Maysan Governorate for the period from July 1, 2020, to 20 November 2020. As mycoplasma was diagnosed in the eye of a premature infant, 39 cases were among them, 17 joint cases, at a rate of (43.5%), and the number of single cases was 22 cases, at a rate of (56.4%).It was also diagnosed in 53 cases of the same child's chest, as the number of joint cases was recorded 9 cases, at a rate of (16.9%), while the number of single cases was recorded at 44 cases, at a rate of (83%). As for the mother, the infection rate was 63, or 63%. The incidence of infection also increased in the second age group 20-29, as the percentage of mycoplasma bacteria reached 39%. Ureaplasma urealyticum recorded the highest infection with 21 cases and a rate of (33.3), followed by infection with M. hominis bacteria 14 cases with a rate of 22.2%, while the bacteria M. pirum recorded 10 cases with a percentage of 15.8%, M. fermentans recorded 8 infections and 12.6%, while bacteria genitalium M. It recorded 7 infections, with a rate of 11.1%, and finally, M. pnenomeniae recorded 3 infections, with a rate of 4.76%. Thus, the number of mycoplasma infections under the current study is 63.