Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium neonatale and its relationship with the occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates
Clostridia—especially Clostridium butyricum—are among the taxa most frequently identified from stool samples of preterm neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Recently, Clostridium neonatale has also been detected from epidemic cases, but using a culture-based approach we were unable to conf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-11-01
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| Series: | New Microbes and New Infections |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205229751930109X |