Cytomegalovirus-associated necrotizing enterocolitis in a preterm twin after breastfeeding

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-126

  Gessler, Peter ^a   Bischoff, Gian Andrea ^a   Wiegand, Dunja ^b   Essers, Bettina ^c   Bossart, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TWINS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COLON; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 1642527913     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211042     Document Type: Article

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