A Prospective Study of Rotavirus Infections in Neonatal and Maternity Wards
| Autor: | Staffan Polberger, Tomas Sveger, Bertil Tufvesson, Lars Svanberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Rotavirus medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Reoviridae Rotavirus Infections medicine.disease_cause Intensive Care Units Neonatal Epidemiology medicine Humans Prospective Studies Serotyping Obstetrics and Gynecology Department Hospital Prospective cohort study Cross Infection biology business.industry Significant difference Infant Newborn General Medicine biology.organism_classification Recien nacido Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Paediatrica. 75:211-215 |
| ISSN: | 1651-2227 0803-5253 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10186.x |
| Popis: | The occurrence and symptomatology of rotavirus infections was studied at three maternity wards and one neonatal unit. Rotavirus was identified in 12.7% of 553 infants and 1.3% of 542 mothers at the maternity wards. Infections were more frequent in a mixed obstetric/ gynecology ward than in the pure obstetric wards. Only 10% of the infants had symptomatic infections. Subgroups of rotavirus was determined in 41 infants: 22 of subgroup I and 19 of subgroup II, which is the subgroup accounting for the majority of childhood gastroenteritis. Rotavirus was found in faecal samples from 37% of the infants at the neonatal unit during an eight-month survey. A seasonal variation with most infections during colder months was seen. Subgroup determination was possible in 29 cases, 14 subgroup I and 15 subgroup II. Fifteen per cent of the infections demonstrated diarrheal symptoms. No significant difference among other clinical data registered was seen among rotavirus infected compared to the non-infected infants. We conclude that neonatal rotavirus infections occur as an endemic infection at our maternity wards possibly combined with infections due to external sources of virus in mixed wards and neonatal units |
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