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. 2018 May 16;21(2):307–315. doi: 10.1016/S0095-5108(18)30347-6

Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Infection

Rodney E Willoughby Jr a,**, Larry K Pickering b
PMCID: PMC7133271  PMID: 8070228

Abstract

Infections are considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). The evidence for infectious causes of NEC is reexamined, with special attention to the clinical definition and reported outbreaks of NEC. Future areas of study are proposed.

Footnotes

This work was supported by an Eli Lilly Clinician Scientist Award (REW) and by NIH grant HD13021 (LKP).

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