[Rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in adults].
The human rotavirus in adult diarrhea cases was evaluated in 109 cases during 12 months, 1996. Rotavirus antigen was identified, using the ELISA technique, in stool samples in 23 cases (21%). We arranged the positive cases as rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in adults and analyzed them. Fourteen out of them (74%) occurred from June through September. Fourteen cases (74%) needed to be hospitalized. Colonoscopy revealed some inflammatory changes in 9 out of 16 cases (47%). Most of symptom was watery diarrhea, but bloody diarrhea was observed in 6 cases (32%). It was suggested we should introduce a concept of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis in adults.
Nakajima
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Department of Medicine, Kuroishi City Hospital.
Muramoto
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K
Mikami
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Kawata
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K
Nara
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Tanaka
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections
D000956:Antigens, Viral