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E. coli rises among premature babies overtaking strep
A study funded by NIH and published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds E. coli infections in very low birth weight preemies rose from 3 to 7 per 1,000 births while group B strep infections fell from 5.9 to 1.7 per 1,000 births from 1991‑1993 to 1998‑2000. Led by Dr. Barbara J. Stoll at Emory, the work notes antibiotic use in labor reduced strep but allowed gram negative E. coli to become more common, raising concerns about mortality and long term disabilities.
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National Institutes of Health
New England Journal of Medicine
Barbara J. Stoll
Emory University School of Medicine
NIH