Nakayuenyongsuk W, et al. - Researchers herein resolved to establish baseline trends in fecal calprotectin, a protein excreted into the stool when there was neutrophilic inflammation in the bowel, in infants at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Findings unveiled that calprotectin levels for the entire cohort fluctuated during the observed period but generally increased in the third and fourth weeks after birth. Hence, it was deduced that highly variable fecal calprotectin levels were found in at-risk infants, with maternal causes for preterm birth associated with higher baseline levels.