We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Three infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis complicated by severe gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Authors
Kawamura, Yoshiki; Miura, Hiroki; Mori, Yuji; Sugata, Ken; Nakajima, Yoichi; Yamamoto, Yasuto; Morooka, Masashi; Tsuge, Ikuya; Yoshikawa, Akiko; Taniguchi, Koki; Yoshikawa, Tetsushi
- Abstract
Rotavirus gastroenteritis causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide in children. We report three infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis complicated by various severity of gastrointestinal bleeding. Two patients (cases 1 and 2) recovered completely without any specific treatments. One patient (case 3) died despite extensive treatments including a red blood cell transfusion and endoscopic hemostatic therapy. Rotavirus genotypes G1P[8] and G9P[8] were detected in cases 2 and 3, respectively. Rotavirus antigenemia levels were not high at the onset of melena, suggesting that systemic rotaviral infection does not play an important role in causing melena. J. Med. Virol. 88:171-174, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Journal of Medical Virology, 2016, Vol 88, Issue 1, p171
- ISSN
0146-6615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jmv.24297