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SUBMITTER: Coggins SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4328138 | biostudies-other | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Coggins Sarah A SA Wynn James L JL Weitkamp Jörn-Hendrik JH
Clinics in perinatology 20141127 1
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal emergency among premature infants. Although a large body of research has focused on understanding its pathogenesis, the exact mechanism has not been elucidated. Of particular interest is the potential causative role of infectious culprits in the development of NEC. A variety of reports describe bacterial, viral, and fungal infections occurring in association with NEC; however, no single organism has emerged as being definitively ...[more]