Macrolides do not affect the incidence of moderate and severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in symptomatic ureaplasma‐positive infants

AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in symptomatic ureaplasma-positive treated preterm infants and asymptomatic preterm infants not tested or treated for ureaplasma. METHODS: A retrospective matched cohort study was conducted in a tertiary, neonatal unit between January 2007 and December 2012. Infants ≤29 completed weeks with signs and symptoms suggesting ureaplasma pneumonia who received …