Fig. 1: Schematic description of study population. | Journal of Perinatology

Fig. 1: Schematic description of study population.

From: Molecular testing for gastrointestinal pathogens in intestinal tissue of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis or spontaneous intestinal perforation

Fig. 1

The study population included 178 (57%) of infants with histopathologically confirmed NEC (n = 143) and SIP (n = 35). Cases of NEC or SIP were classified by outcome (surgical or autopsy). “Other” exclusions consisted of ileal strictures, omphalocele, and abdominal hernia. NICU neonatal intensive care unit, NEC necrotizing enterocolitis, SIP spontaneous intestinal perforation, GIFA Gastrointestinal FilmArray.

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