Study of the gut microbiome profile in full-term infants with necrotizing enterocolits

BACKGROUND Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal disease that primarily affects preterm. Recently, cases with similar clinical manifestations have been observed in full-term infants without Hirschsprung’s disease. Dysbiosis suggested to have role in development of NEC. AIM To compare the gut microbiome composition between full term infants with NEC and healthy controls and to evaluate the impact of feeding sources on microbial diversity. METHODS Ten full term infants with