Dynamics of toxigenic Clostridium perfringens colonisation in a cohort of prematurely born neonatal infants

Dynamics of toxigenic Clostridium perfringens colonisation in a cohort of prematurely born neonatal infants

Abstract Background Clostridium perfringens forms part of the human gut microbiota and has been associated with life-threatening necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. Whether specific toxigenic strains are responsible is unknown, as is the extent of diversity of strains in healthy pr...

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Main Authors: Alexander G. Shaw, Emma Cornwell, Kathleen Sim, Hannah Thrower, Hannah Scott, Joseph C. S. Brown, Ronald A. Dixon, J. Simon Kroll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens
Breast milk
Toxins
Necrotising enterocolitis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-020-1976-7

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