BACKGROUND. Spontaneous intestinal perforation of the extremely low birth weight infant (Յ1000 g) is associated with a high incidence of Candida and coagulasenegative Staphylococcus sepsis. Little is known about prenatal risk factors, and histopathologic examination of placentas in infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation has not been reported.
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