Clinical manifestations of rotavirus diarrhea in the outpatient clinic of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta

Abstract

Background Rotavirus is one of the most common cause of acute

Double blind clinical trial on a lactose-free and a lactose-containing formula in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children

“…11 The incidence of diarrhea was higher in infant aged 6-11 months followed by children aged 12-24 months. 2 This is in accordance with the findings of Ariani et al 12 and Tjitrasari et al 13 in their studies at CM Hospital that the incidence rate of acute diarrhea was higher among the 6-11 months age group than that in the 12-24 months age group. Infants who are younger than 6 months are protected by transplacental antibody and breast feeding, whereas 80-100% of older children are protected by antibody produced by previous infection.…”

Scoring system to distinguish between rotavirus and non-rotavirus diarrhea in children

“…1 Another study also found that rotavirus diarrhea was 1.4 times more common in males than females. 6 In contrast, Kelkar et al found that there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of rotavirus diarrhea in male and female children (62.9% vs. 60%, respectively). 7 To date, there is no explanation of how gender affects the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea.…”

“…Tjitrasari et al reported the prevalences of cough and colds in patients with acute rotavirus diarrhea to be 51.9% and 46.0%, respectively. 6 Some studies have suggested that rotavirus infection may involve the Sen=sensitivity, spec=specificity, PPV=positive predictive value; NPV=negative predictive value; LLH+= positive likelihood ratio; LLH-= negative likelihood ratio; COP=cut-off point respiratory tract, hence, rotavirus may be spread through airborne droplets. Respiratory symptoms have been reported in 20-40% of patients with acute rotavirus diarrhea.…”

“…In contrast, Tjitrasari et al reported that the majority of patients with rotavirus diarrhea had yellow-brownish stool. 6 Based on odd ratios from multivariate analysis, a score was given to each clinical parameter: male gender, cough, and yellow-greenish stool. Three scoring system models were constructed and validation tests performed.…”

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia

“…12 The low incidence of rotavirus in children aged > 2 years can also explained by the presence of natural antibodies arising from recurrent infections of rotavirus. 13 Clinical manifestations of rotavirus infection include being asymptomatic, or having watery diarrhea and frequent vomiting, that can develop into mild to severe dehydration. In our study, the predominant symptom of vomiting was found to be significantly higher in the rotavirus-positive group than in the negative group (P<0.05).…”