title: Substantial morbidity for hospitalized children with community-acquired rotavirus infections: 2005-2007 IMPACT surveillance in Canadian hospitals.
abstract: We describe community-acquired rotavirus illness in 1359 children hospitalized at 12 centers in Canada between January 2005 and December 2007. The median age was 1.5 years. Almost half (48.6%) had significant dehydration, almost one-fifth (19%) had clinical sepsis and 7% had seizures at presentation. The median hospital stay was 3.4 days. Severe clinical presentations are less commonly described in surveillance programs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, CHEO Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. lesaux@cheo.on.ca
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le Saux
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bettinger
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Halperin
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vaudry
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Scheifele
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology