Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium neonatale and its relationship with the occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates

Clostridia—especially Clostridium butyricum—are among the taxa most frequently identified from stool samples of preterm neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Recently, Clostridium neonatale has also been detected from epidemic cases, but using a culture-based approach we were unable to conf...

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Main Authors: M. Hosny, E. Baptiste, A. Levasseur, B. La Scola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205229751930109X