title: Prevalence of Nosocomial Diarrhea Due to Adenoviruses 40 and 41 in a Paediatric Ward in Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Enteric adenoviruses 40 (Ad40) and adenovirus 41 (Ad41) have been shown to be a significant cause of paediatric gastroenteritis worldwide, but no data are available for nosocomial diarrhea due to adenovirus in Iran.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study was performed to determine the incidence of Ad40 and Ad41 in children less than five years with nosocomial diarrhea in Shahrekord, southwest Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adenovirus was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in stool samples collected during one year (2010-2011) from children less than five years with nosocomial diarrhea admitted to a paediatric center in Shahrekord, Iran. Nosocomial diarrhea was defined as those occurring more than 72 hours after admission to hospital for non-diarrheal causes. PCR technique was used for investigation of Ad40 and Ad41.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total of 100 samples, Ad40 and Ad41 DNA was found to be positive in 14/100 (14%), and 8/100 (8%) of diarrheic patients less than five years, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ad40 and Ad41 are important causes of nosocomial diarrhea in less than five-year, hospitalized Iranian children.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences , Shahrekord, Iran .
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khoshdel
authors.affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences , Shahrekord, Iran .
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parvin
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Islamic Azad University Shahrekord Branch , Shahrekord, Iran .
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doosti
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran .
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Famouri
keywords: Adenovirus; Children; Nosocomial diarrhea
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