title: Stool bacterial load in preterm infants with necrotising enterocolitis.
abstract: Resected gut tissue in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) has a higher bacterial load than controls. Quantitative PCR was performed on longitudinal NEC and control stool samples (n=72). No significant difference in the total bacterial load was found between samples at diagnosis compared to controls or temporally within NEC.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Ellison Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bashir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdulkadir
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Ellison Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Neonatal Service, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skeath
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Emma C L
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Marrs
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Ellison Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom. Electronic address: stephen.cummings@northumbria.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Neonatal Service, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nicholas D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Embleton
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Neonatal Service, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berrington
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Ellison Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D058491:Bacterial Load; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D064307:Microbiota
keywords: Gut microbiome; Necrotising enterocolitis; Preterm infant; qPCR