TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial and fungal viability in the preterm gut: NEC and sepsis
AU - Stewart, Christopher
AU - Nelson, Andrew
AU - Scribbins, David
AU - Marrs, Emma
AU - Lanyon, Clare
AU - Perry, John
AU - Embleton, Nicholas
AU - Cummings, Stephen
AU - Berrington, Janet
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Background and aims Evidence suggests that microbial communities in the preterm gut may influence the development of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and sepsis. Existing data often neglect fungi and whether bacteria were metabolically active or not. We sought to characterise the bacterial and fungal stool flora of preterm neonates and organism viability and evaluate any associations with NEC and sepsis.
Patients 136 stools from 32 patients (
AB - Background and aims Evidence suggests that microbial communities in the preterm gut may influence the development of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and sepsis. Existing data often neglect fungi and whether bacteria were metabolically active or not. We sought to characterise the bacterial and fungal stool flora of preterm neonates and organism viability and evaluate any associations with NEC and sepsis.
Patients 136 stools from 32 patients (
U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302119
DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302119
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-2998
SN - 1468-2052
VL - 98
SP - F298-F303
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
IS - 4
ER -