[Rotavirus infection in adults].
Out of 8 patients who died at the age of 36-80 years rotavirus infection was diagnosed virologically as a main disease in 3 cases, usually in combination with other diseases. Characteristic features were as follows: acute onset, involvement of serous and mucous membranes of mainly small bowel, frequent serous peritonitis, possibility of generalization with the involvement of the gall bladder, liver, heart, lungs, kidneys. Typical histological changes were nuclear damage in various cells which increased in size and became bizarre in shape.
V A
VA
Tsinzerling
D V
DV
Komarova
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
Rotavirusnaia infektsiia u vzroslykh.