Early antibiotics treatment is associated with less necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm , very low birth weight infants around the world : neomune-neonutrinet cohort study

Organising Institutions: Supported by: Powered by: ID: 223 TITLE: EARLY ANTIBIOTICS TREATMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LESS NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN PRETERM, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS AROUND THE WORLD: NEOMUNE-NEONUTRINET COHORT STUDY AUTHORS: Yanqi Li 1, René Liang Shen 2, Adejumoke I. Ayede 3, Janet Berrington 4, Frank H. Bloomfield 5, Olubunmi O. Busari 3, Barbara E. Cormack 5, Nicholas D. Embleton 4, Johannes B. van Goudoever 6, Gorm Greisen 2, Zhongqian He 7, Yan Huang 8, Xiaodong Li 7, Hung-Chih Lin 9, Jiaping Mei 10, Paula P. Meier 11, ChuanNie 12, Aloka L. Patel 11, Per T. Sangild 1,13,14, Thomas Skeath 4, Karen Simmer 15, Olukemi O. Tongo 3, Signe Uhlenfeldt 2, Marita de Waard 6, Sufen Ye 10, Xuqiang Ye 16, Chunyi Zhang 12, 17, Yanna, Zhu 18, Ping Zhou 8 AFFILIATIONS: 1 Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2 Department of Neonatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; 3 Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology Unit, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; 4 Department of Neonatology, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK; 5 Liggins Institute, University of Auckland and Newborn Service, National Women’s Health, Auckland, New Zealand; 6 Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam UMC, VrijeUniversiteit, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 7 Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Nanshan People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China; 8 Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Bao’an Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Shenzhen; 9 Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 10 Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Maternity& Child Health CareHospital, Shenzhen; 11 Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Rush University Children’s Hospital, Chicago, United States of America; 12 Department of Neonatology, Guangdong Provincial Women & Children’s Hospital, Guangzhou, China; 13 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; 14 Hans Christian Andersen Children ́s Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 15 Centre for Neonatal Research and Education, University of Western Australia and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia; 16 Foshan Woman and Children’s Hospital, Foshan, China; 17The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou; 18 School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou