| Literature DB >> 7446502 |
J Powell, M A Bureau, C Paré, M L Gaildry, D Cabana, H Patriquin.
Abstract
Twelve cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) occurred within three weeks in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with 325 annual admissions. Enterobacter cloacae type 3305573 was found in stool and/or blood cultures from affected babies prior to the onset of the disease. This bacterium could not be grown in cultures from infants in the same NICU six weeks later. A causal relationship between E cloacae and the epidemic of NEC is suggested.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7446502
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Dis Child ISSN： 0002-922X