[Necrotizing enterocolitis and cytomegalovirus infection (author's transl)].
During an 18-month period, 11 cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) were diagnosed in infants treated in Neonate Department. This represents 1% of total admissions. Six cases occurred during hospitalization. Clinically, the disease took three different forms: surgical form, medical form responding well to exclusive parenteral feeding and isolated haemorrhagic form, which deserves discussion. Seven of these infants had cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. NEC accounted for 22% of clinical symptoms in CMV infection. These data suggest that the cytomegalovirus may act as aggravating factor in NEC.
D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012007:Rectum
D007075:Immunoglobulin M
Entérocolite nécrosante et infection à cytomégalovirus.