Fulminant necrotising enterocolitis associated with Clostridia
| Autor: | AnnM. Kosloske, Howard Hoffman, JohnA. Ulrich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Clostridium perfringens Fulminant medicine.medical_treatment Perforation (oil well) medicine.disease_cause Infant Newborn Diseases Clostridia Gangrene medicine Ascitic Fluid Humans Pneumatosis intestinalis Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis Clostridium biology Virulence Infant Newborn General Medicine Bowel resection biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Intestines Intestinal Perforation Clostridium Infections medicine.symptom |
| Zdroj: | Lancet (London, England). 2(8098) |
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
| Popis: | 5 infants with no growth of bacteria on cultures of blood and peritoneal fluid recovered from necrotising enterocolitis after medical treatment alone. 12 infants with positive cultures required surgery. 5 of these 12, who did not harbour clostridia, had a mild clinical course and all 5 survived segmental bowel resection. The 7 infants who harboured clostridia had a more severe clinical course and 4 died. In 3 of 4 infants with Clostridium perfringens, the necrotising enterocolitis was fulminant, characterised by severe pneumatosis intestinalis, extensive gangrene, early intestinal perforation, and a fatal outcome. |
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