Prevalence of Rotavirus and Adenovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis: a tertiary care hospital data

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of rotavirus and adenovirus in patients who applied with the complaint of acute gastroenteritis to the emergency department of our tertiary health care provider hospitals. Methods: 1712 patients with the complaint of acute gastroenteritis were included in the study and the study was done retrospectively from patient records.Results: Stool (faeces) samples have been sent from 1712 patients who applied to emergency services with the complaint of acute gastroenteritis for 3 years. Of these, 17.5% (n=301) rotavirus antigen and 3.5% (n=61) adenovirus antigen were detected as positive. It was observed that 56% (n=203) of the positive cases were male and 44% (n=159) were female. The rotavirus antigen was statistically significantly higher in the 0-4 age group than the other age groups. Conclusion: Acute gastroenteritis is an important health problem in children. Especially, the frequency of rotavirus was observed to be higher in children under 4 years of age and in this age group patients the use of rotavirus rapid diagnostic tests rather than viral culture methods may be helpful to early diagnosis thus to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.

Keywords

• rotavirus
• adenovirus
• prevalans
• akut gastroenterit
• rotavirus
• adenovirus
• prevalence
• acute gastroenteritis