scholarly journals Necrotizing enterocolitis. Controlled study of 3 years' experience in a neonatal intensive care unit.

1977 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 772-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Bunton ◽  
G M Durbin ◽  
N McIntosh ◽  
D G Shaw ◽  
A Taghizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Controlled Study

scholarly journals An Outbreak of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Associated with a NovelClostridiumSpecies in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (s1) ◽  
pp. S101-S105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle J. Alfa ◽  
Diane Robson ◽  
Maria Davi ◽  
Kathy Bernard ◽  
Paul Van Caeseele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care

An Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Necrotizing Enterocolitis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-266
Author(s):  
GRAHAM W. CHANCE ◽  
VICTOR K. M. HAN
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Colonization Rate ◽  
Control Subjects

In Reply.— The observation made by Mathew et al on the lack of relationship between the isolation of Clostridium difficile and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is interesting, although the numbers are too small for relevant comment. Importantly, no mention was made on how the control subjects were selected.1 We agree that the colonization rate in NICUs may vary widely and may range up to 55% in certain units.2 In the subsequent four months following the outbreak that we reported, all infants admitted to our NICU had their stools tested weekly for C difficile.

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