S. No
|
Microorganism
|
NEC
n = 38
|
NEC excluded
n = 21
|
Healthy controls
n = 30
|
p value
|
|
Clostridium
|
14 (36.8)
|
4 (19.0)
|
4 (13.3)
|
0.06
|
|
Bacteroides
|
16 (42.1)
|
3 (14.2)
|
4 (13.3)
|
0.01
|
|
Veillonella
|
4 (10.5)
|
1 (4.7)
|
1 (3.3)
|
0.46
|
|
Lactobacilli
|
5 (26.3)
|
15 (73.9)
|
24 (80)
|
<0.001
|
|
E. coli
|
30(78.9)
|
16 (76.1)
|
26 (86.6)
|
0.59
|
|
Enterococcus
|
8 (21.0)
|
3 (14.2)
|
6 (20)
|
0.80
|
|
Klebsiella
|
4 (10.5)
|
3 (14.2)
|
6 (20)
|
0.54
|
|
Citrobacter
|
3 (7.8)
|
2 (9.5)
|
1 (3.3)
|
0.63
|