Ureaplasma urealyticum Modulates Endotoxin-Induced Cytokine Release by Human Monocytes Derived from Preterm and Term Newborns and Adults WINSTON M. MANIMTIM,1 JEFFREY D. HASDAY,2,3,4,5,6 LISA HESTER,5 KAREN D. FAIRCHILD,1 JUDITH C. LOVCHIK,1 AND ROSE M. VISCARDI1* Departments of Pediatrics,1 Medicine,2 and Pathology3 and Program of Comparative Medicine,4 University of Maryland School of Medicine, UMAB Cytokine Core Laboratory,5 and Medicine and Research Services of the Baltimore VA Medical Center,6 Baltimore, Maryland Received 12 September 2000/Returned for modification 13 November 2000/Accepted 5 March 2001
We previously observed that Ureaplasma urealyticum respiratory tract colonization in infants with a birth weight of
