Bacterial toxins and enteral feeding of
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Linda C. Duffy; Maria A. Zielezny; Vivien Carrion; Elizabeth Griffiths; Diane Dr
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Bacterial translocation and enteral feeding are factors implicated in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in the preterm infant. A cohort of 60 preterm low birth-weight (LBW) infants (600-1,600 g at birth) consecutively admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU; N = 183) were prospecti