| Literature DB >> 25936867 |
Christopher James Stewart1, Stephen Paul Cummings2.
Abstract
Development of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is considered to be dependent on the bacterial colonisation of the gut. With little concordance between published data and a recent study failing to detect a common strain in infants with NEC, more questions than answers are arising about our understanding of this complex disease.Entities:
Keywords: gut microbiome; metagenomics; necrotising enterocolitis; preterm
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25936867 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079