title: Necrotizing enterocolitis in full-term newborns.
abstract: During a 17-month period, 19 full-term newborn infants were hospitalized for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). 10 of these infants had no apparent risk factors. Only 7 suffered acute fetal distress. 16 of the 19 infants were born in the same hospital. Toxicological and bacteriological investigations of possible cause revealed no specific agent. Virological analysis of 8 stool samples revealed the presence of corona virus in 5 of the 8.
mesh_terms: D001439:Bacteroides; D003013:Clostridium; D003332:Coronaviridae; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012306:Risk; D012401:Rotavirus