title: [Clostridium perfringens infection and necrotising enterocolitis].
abstract: During a four year period (1974--1977) 21 infants died as a result of severe necrotising enterocolitis (N.E.C.). In 9 cases, Clostridium perfringens was isolated. When this organism is recovered either from the placenta or from the first meconium and or when the signs of the disease appear within a few days of birth, materno-fetal transmission of the infection may be suspected. The infection occurs most frequently in neonates in whom the gastrointestinal tract was already colonized by Clostridium.
mesh_terms: D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Infection à Clostridium perfringaens et entérocolite ulcéro-nécrosante.