title: [Rotavirus in acute gastroenteritis (author's transl)].
abstract: 518 stool specimens from patients with acute gastroenteritis, presumed to suffer from infections with enteropathogenic E. coli, were screened for rotavirus. Rotaviruses were found in 23.3%. Specimens containing virus mainly belonged to hospitalised infants aged less than 6 months. In 4 cases enteropathogenic E. coli were found in addition to rotaviruses. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was more sensitive than complement fixation for the detection of rotaviruses and should be used for the differential diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Rotaviren im bakteriologischen Untersuchungsmaterial bei akuter Gastroenteritis.