TY - JOUR T1 - Oral vancomycin in prevention of necrotising enterocolitis. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1390 LP - 1393 DO - 10.1136/adc.63.11.1390 VL - 63 IS - 11 AU - P C Ng AU - P R Dear AU - D F Thomas Y1 - 1988/11/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/11/1390.abstract N2 - Eighty four very low birthweight babies (considered high risk for developing necrotising enterocolitis) were given vancomycin orally for 48 hours before introduction of oral feeds; one developed necrotising enterocolitis. One hundred and twenty very low birthweight babies (not considered such high risk) were fed without first receiving vancomycin; 17 developed necrotising enterocolitis. Although this was not a randomised control trial, results indicate a role for vancomycin in prophylaxis of necrotising enterocolitis. ER -