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BRUCE B. GRILL, MD; WARREN A. ANDIMAN, MD; JOYCE D. GRYBOSKI, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(11):1127-1128.

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Rotavirus infections are a major cause of acute diarrhea in infants and children worldwide and are responsible for considerable morbidity and even fatality.¹ Recent diagnostic use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of rotavirus antigen from stools of patients with acute diarrhea has helped to elucidate the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of rotavirus infection.² We recently treated a patient with inflammatory bowel disease and ileostomy in whom severe electrolyte imbalance and increased ileostomy fluid losses developed after an upper respiratory tract infection; the patient had rotavirus antigen in her ileostomy drainage. We report the case to demonstrate a possible cause of increased ileostomy output and electrolyte imbalance, ie, rotavirus infection.

Report of a Case.—A 16-year-old girl with Crohn's disease of two years' duration had an ileostomy, resection of the terminal ileum and cecum, and drainage of a right-lower-quadrant abscess three months before admission. She recovered . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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