Frequency of Rotavirus infection in children with gastroenteritis in a tertiary hospital
| Autor: | İdris Kandemir, Selma Gokahmetoglu, Mustafa Altay Atalay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Dicle Medical Journal, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 212-215 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1308-9889 1300-2945 |
| Popis: | Objective: Rotavirus was shown to be the most importantagents of viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children,responsible for the majority of hospitalizations forthis illness within the first two years of life. The aim of thisstudy was to investigate the frequency of rotavirus antigenpositivity in pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritisadmitted to Erciyes University Hospital and to evaluatethe distribution according to the age of the patients, andseasons of the year.Methods: The records of stool specimens of a total of2636 patients between the ages of 0-16 admitted to ourhospital between January 2009 and December 2012 dueto acute gastroenteritis were investigated retrospectively.Rotavirus antigens were searched in the fresh stool specimensby immunochromatographic test.Results: Rotavirus antigen positivity was detected in663 (25.2%) stool samples. Antigen positivity rates in2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 were 31.8%, 30.8%, 28.2%and 20.6%, respectively. Rotavirus antigen positivity wasdetected to be highest in children between 7-24 months(31.5%) and rotavirus frequency is higher in winter thanother seasons.Conclusion: The data obtained in this study indicatedthat, although the frequency is relatively decreasing, rotavirusinfections still remain among the important childhooddiarrhea.Key words: Gastroenteritis, rotavirus, children, frequency,immunochromatography. |
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