Association of necrotizing enterocolitis with antimicrobial exposure in preterm infants <32 weeks gestational age:A multicenter prospective case-control study

• Main Authors: Xiaojing Pei (Author), Yujun Gao (Author), Yan Kou (Author), Yanjie Ding (Author), Dan Li (Author), Peng Lei (Author), Lili Zuo (Author), Qiongyu Liu (Author), Naiying Miao (Author), Simmy Reddy (Author), Yonghui Yu (Author), Xuemei Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To assess the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and explore the relationship between antibiotic overexposure and disease occurrence in a large prospective birth cohort.Methods: Based on a prospective birth cohort, the study collected hospitalization data of very preterm infants (VPI...