Clustering seizures associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis in a two-month-old infant

Abstract

 

Abstract. We present a case of 2-month-old infant with clustered convulsions and transient lactic acidosis associated with mild gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus. This is an unusual age for infection-related seizures. Rotavirus RNA was detected by RT-PCR in both fecal and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples and were genotyped as G1 and G1(P8), respectively.  

 

Key words: rotavirus, gastroenteritis, seizures, infant.

 

 

 

Keywords

• rotavirus, gastroenteritis, seizures, infant

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