How to Use enterocolitis in a Sentence

enterocolitis

noun
  • That is why the studies saw fewer cases of sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis in babies who received breast milk or donor breast milk.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Patients also have a high risk of getting enterocolitis, or inflammation of the colon and the small intestine.
    — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 27 June 2017
  • My perspective comes from the experience of a parent who lost a child to necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.
    — Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Studies have shown that human milk can also protect against necrotizing enterocolitis, a disease that causes serious damage to babies’ intestines.
    — Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The sell-off is partly a result of the ongoing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) lawsuits.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • Breastmilk has been shown to considerably reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, a gut infection that mainly affects premature babies and has a high mortality rate.
    — Anna Claire Vollers, AL.com, 19 July 2017
  • These babies had advanced cases of necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, that clinician said.
    — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Some parents have claimed the companies did not adequately warn parents of the potential for those products to cause necrotizing enterocolitis in premature babies, Abrams said.
    — Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022
  • Maeder pointed to headwinds from lawsuits related to baby formula that allegedly caused necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.
    — Alex Harring,fred Imbert, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But most of that milk is distributed through hospitals for preterm babies, to help lower the risk of serious health complications like necrotizing enterocolitis — a dangerous intestinal disorder.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • One example is necrotizing enterocolitis, a common intestinal condition among premature infants that can lead to life-threatening infections.
    — Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The mother was referring to neonatal intensive care units and necrotizing enterocolitis, an often fatal condition in which intestinal tissue can die and allow infection to spread through the body of an infant born prematurely.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The study showed an increase in the number of infants who died from a dangerous intestinal complication called necrotizing enterocolitis, which is often associated with prematurity.
    — Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 24 June 2024
  • This enables the early recognition of possible necrotizing enterocolitis.
    — Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Feeding preterm infants exclusively human milk, rather than formula, reduces the odds of developing necrotizing enterocolitis by 77%.
    — Sionika Thayagabalu and Dominick Lemas, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
  • That is sometimes a sign of an inflammatory condition of the intestines, called necrotizing enterocolitis or NEC, that’s a leading cause of hospital deaths among extremely preterm babies.
    — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2021
  • That’s because the smallest infants are at risk for a devastating digestive complication called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.
    — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
  • At least some of the consent forms used to inform parents about risks did not mention metabolic acidosis or the often-fatal necrotizing enterocolitis, another condition identified in the 2013 email that led to the study.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • At least some of the consent forms used to inform parents about risks did not mention metabolic acidosis or the often-fatal necrotizing enterocolitis, another condition identified in the 2013 email that led to the study.
    — David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There are more than one thousand claims the healthcare company’s infant formula causes necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, a serious intestinal illness.
    — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is a devastating complication of prematurity that weighs heavily on our minds.
    — Alexander Crider, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The exosome research Zhou and Chen stole can be used to develop treatments for a variety of illnesses, including necrotizing enterocolitis (a condition found in premature babies), liver cancer, and liver fibrosis.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Donor milk has been shown to help protect babies against necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a medical condition that preemies are especially susceptible to, in which bacteria invade portions of the intestines and can destroy the wall of the bowel.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz Africa, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The decision is the latest blow for Abbott over the issue of whether its formula for babies born prematurely causes a devastating intestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Also, the bacteria has been associated with severe intestinal infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) and blood poisoning (sepsis), especially in newborns.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 June 2022
  • Regarding the ongoing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) case, Abbott continues to defend its pre-term infant formula and human milk fortifier.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • Immune-boosting factors of breast milk also work to ward off development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disorder that affects 12 percent of premature babies and claims the lives of one in four.
    — Joan Kurkowski-Gillen photos By Glen E. Elllman, star-telegram.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Ginhoux and his colleagues also note that high levels of TNF-alpha are common in some types of miscarriage, gestational diabetes, and necrotizing enterocolitis, an out-of-control immune reaction that often afflicts premature infants.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 14 June 2017
  • The network also showed researchers previously unknown links between maternal conditions and newborn risk — for example, chronic illness in mothers may lead to greater risk of newborns developing necrotizing enterocolitis, a serious GI condition.
    — Lizzy Lawrence Reprints, STAT, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Every year, about 260 of the tiniest premature babies in California hospitals develop an often-fatal bowel disease known as necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020

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