Gastroenteritis aguda por norovirus en pacientes con atención hospitalaria: estudio transversal
Journal
Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México
ISSN
0539-6115
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Cervantes-Izaguirre, Ana P.
Martina-Luna, Mónica
Iglesias-Leboreiro, José
Bernárdez-Zapata, Isabel
Martínez-Hernández, Araceli
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
Background: Because of the availability of molecular techniques in clinical care, acute gastroenteritis (AGE) due to norovirus has returned to importance as a causative agent of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features and evolution of patients less than 16 years hospitalized for AGE associated with norovirus. Methods: Retrospective study. Clinical information of the patients attended from November 1, 2016 to February 28, 2018 by AGE with detection of norovirus (genotype I and II) in faeces by means of polymerase chain reaction with reverse transcriptase was collected. © Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México