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