The Role of Host Factors in an Outbreak of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 138 (12), 1118-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1984.02140500024007
Abstract
• During an outbreak investigation of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in a neonatal intensive care unit, we identified nine definite and six suspected cases of NEC on the basis of histopathologic, clinical, and roentgenographic findings. Neonates of low birth weight (AJDC 1984;138:1118-1120)This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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