title: [Neonatal ulcero-necrotizing enterocolitis and aspergillosis].
abstract: A preterm infant of 33 weeks of gestation and very small birthweight 1040 g developed on the third day of life a necrotizing enterocolitis with spontaneous perforation. Peritoneal fluid and small bowel meconium was cultured and revealed Aspergillus Niger. The literature is reviewed with seven cases of aspergillosis in newborn period. The infant is dead on the tenth day of life from periventricular haemorrhage. Necropsy was performed and revealed no secondary aspergillosis localisation.
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Entérocolite ulcéro-nécrotique néonatale et aspergillose.