Dynamics of toxigenic Clostridium perfringens colonisation in a cohort of prematurely born neonatal infants

Clostridium perfringens forms part of the human gut microbiota and has been associated with life-threatening necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. Whether specific toxigenic strains are responsibl...

Source: BMC Pediatrics - February 18, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Alexander G. Shaw, Emma Cornwell, Kathleen Sim, Hannah Thrower, Hannah Scott, Joseph C. S. Brown, Ronald A. Dixon and J. Simon Kroll Tags: Research article Source Type: research