Stool bacterial load in preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis

Resected gut tissue in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) has a higher bacterial load than controls. Quantitative PCR was performed on longitudinal NEC and control stool samples (n=72). No significant difference in the total bacterial load was found between samples at diagnosis compared to controls or temporally within NEC.

Source: Early Human Development - February 16, 2016 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Bashir Abdulkadir, Andrew Nelson, Tom Skeath, Emma C.L. Marrs, John D. Perry, Stephen P. Cummings, Nicholas D. Embleton, Janet E. Berrington, Christopher J. Stewart Source Type: research