Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis is the most important cause of acquired gastrointestinal
morbidity or mortality among low birthweight infants. Prematurity alone is probably the only …

Although hundreds of new and important investigations have been published on the
epidemiology and pathophysiology of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in the last …

Clostridium difficile is the etiologic agent of pseudomembranous colitis, a severe, sometimes
fatal disease that occurs in adults undergoing antimicrobial therapy. The disease, ironically …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common life-threatening gastrointestinal
emergency encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit. Despite advances in neonatal …

NEC is a common and devastating problem for premature infants. Bacterial colonization
seems to be a necessary but not sufficient contributor to NEC. Although intestinal pathogens …

Milk fortifiers help meet the nutritional needs of preterm infants receiving their mother's own
milk (MOM) or donor human milk. We conducted a randomized clinical trial (NCT03214822) …

Premature infants are highly vulnerable to aberrant gastrointestinal tract colonization, a
process that may lead to diseases like necrotizing enterocolitis. Thus, spread of potential …

Neonates represent a unique and highly vulnerable patient population. Advances in medical
technology that have occurred over the last few decades have improved the survival and …

Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen in adults. Its significance in
children is less well defined, but cases of C. difficile infection (CDI) appear to be increasingly …

Objective. To determine temporal trends in the incidence rate for Clostridium difficile-
associated disease (CDAD) in a pediatric patient population. Methods. We performed an …