Necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants: epidemiology and antibiotic consumption in the Polish neonatology network neonatal intensive care units in 2009.

Necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants: epidemiology and antibiotic consumption in the Polish neonatology network neonatal intensive care units in 2009.

The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), antibiotic consumption and the usefulness of microbiological tests in very low birth weight (VLBW) Polish newborns.Prospective surveillance was performed in the year 2009 by local infection control teams. The...

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Main Authors: Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Anna Różańska, Maria Borszewska-Kornacka, Joanna Domańska, Janusz Gadzinowski, Ewa Gulczyńska, Ewa Helwich, Agnieszka Kordek, Dorota Pawlik, Jerzy Szczapa, Piotr B Heczko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962467?pdf=render

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