Microvillus inclusion disease is one of the congenital diarrheal disorders characterized by the appearance of inclusion bodies on the intestinal epithelium. To date there are a few cases and also a few other associated finding reports related to this life-threatening disease in literature. In this report, we present a premature infant with microvillus inclusion disease that was associated with ...

Introduction: Necrotizing enterocolitis is an acute inflammatory disease of the intestine that can lead to necrosis and bowel perforation. It a severe complication preterm birth. It’s mortality rate up 50% survival after necrotizing leads long-term complications. The current treatment supportive includes rest decompression antibiotics. Thus, new treatments are necess...

The clinical presentation of appendicitis in the newborn is nonspecific. The diagnosis was always made after surgical exploration for acute abdominal findings mimicking necrotizing enterocolitis. We report the case of acute appendicitis in a newborn diagnosed intraoperatively after neonatal occlusion symptoms.

Background: Gastric pneumatosis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of intramural gas in stomach wall. It uncommon infants and usually caused proximal intestinal obstruction or necrotizing enterocolitis, serious typically seen preterm babies. Case Presentation: An extremely baby born at 23 weeks gestation weighing 640 grams, with bronchopulmonary dysplasia other comorbidities like...

Lay Summary Necrotizing enterocolitis remains one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies in neonates. Neonates admitted to a resource-restricted neonatal intensive care unit with presumptive diagnosis advanced NEC were reviewed. We able identify risk factors associated higher chance death or poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Our outcomes are comparable international literature.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the features of clinical presentation of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis and its associated factors. METHODS Retrospective study of the cases of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (n = 56) diagnosed at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Lagoa (NICU), between December 1986 and July 1992. Diagnosis and stages of the disease followed the modified Bell's criteria. Diagnosis and...

The Enterobacter sakazakii is considered an emerging pathogen and has been recently connected to neonatal cases of necrotizing enterocolitis and meningitis due to use of contaminated powdered infant formula. However its presence is not limited to powdered infant formula; it can also be found in a broad range of foods and in water, in a variety of areas, including hospitals and houses. Due to th...

Development of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is considered to be dependent on the bacterial colonisation of the gut. With little concordance between published data and a recent study failing to detect a common strain in infants with NEC, more questions than answers are arising about our understanding of this complex disease.