CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTAVIRUS-ASSOCIATED DIARRHOEA

M Paranjothy, K Yap, Dahlan Sabil
1987 Med. J. Malaysia   unpublished
A prospective clinical study comparing 74 cases of rotavirus-associated diarrhoea and 100 cases of non-rotavirus-associated diarrhoea revealed a higher incidence of vomiting to be the only significant difference in the former. Bloody stools were seen in about 5-1(ffo, fever in about two-thirds and respiratory symptoms in a quarter of cases regardless of aetiology. The overwhelming majority had mild dehydration of the isonatremic type. Hypokalemia was noted in a quarter of the cases in both groups.
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