title: A cluster of rotavirus enteritis in pediatric liver recipients.
abstract: We observed a cluster of 4 pediatric liver recipients who developed diarrhea in a liver transplant unit within 5 days. Feces from these 4 patients were rotavirus positive when tested with Colloidal Gold Diagnostic Kit. Nucleic acid from 3 fecal specimens was extracted and reverse transcribed. Two were amplified positively. The complementary DNAs were sequenced. Alignment and phylogenetic analysis were performed with MEGA 6.06. Although involving only 4 pediatric liver recipients, this cluster was caused by at least 2 distinct G9P[8] rotavirus strains and included community infection and nosocomial infection.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D003428:Cross Infection; D003967:Diarrhea; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: community infection; nosocomial infection; pediatric liver recipients; rotavirus enteritis