Frequency and seasonal distribution of adenovirus and rotavirus in children diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis: A single centre experience

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between age, gender, and season with respect to the frequency of rotavirus and adenovirus antigens in stool specimens obtained from children one month to 18 years of age who were diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis. Materials and Methods: The records of stool specimen analyses for 1960 patients with diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis at our hospital from January 2017 to August 2022 were retrospectively examined. The patient's admission year, season, gender, age, and stool viral antigen test results were retrospectively analyzed from the file records. Results: Viral antigen was detected in stool specimen in 364 (13.8%) of the patients included in the study, while 92 (4.7%) of them were rotavirus and 180 (9.1%) were adenoviruses. We found that both rotavirus and adenovirus were most common in the children one month-2 years of age. In our study, rotavirus was most commonly detected in December and winter, while adenovirus was detected in March and spring. Twenty-six (28.2%) patients with rotavirus gastroenteritis and 68 (37.7%) patients with adenovirus gastroenteritis were hospitalized and treated. Conclusion: Our study showed now that rotavirus and adenovirus, which are the agents of viral gastroenteritis, are seen at a substantial rate. Especially in children under the two years of age, the frequency of detection of viral agents is higher. Enteric adenovirus and rotavirus were detected more frequently in winter and spring. We suggest that viral gastroenteritis agents should be considered and examined in children with suspected gastroenteritis.

Keywords

• adenovirus
• children
• gastroenteritis
• prevalence
• rotavirus

Project Number

YOK

Akut gastroenterit tanısı konulan çocuklarda adenovirus ve rota virüs sıklığı ve mevsimsel dağılımı: Tek merkez deneyimi

Abstract

Amaç: Akut gastroenterit tanısı konulan 1 aylık-18 yaş arası çocuklardan alınan dışkı örneklerinde rotavirüs ve adenovirüs antijenlerinin yaş, cinsiyet ve mevsim ile ilişkisini araştırmayı amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntem: Hastanemize Ocak 2017-Ağustos 2022 tarihleri arasında akut gastroenterit tanısı konulan 1960 hastanın dışkı örneği analiz kayıtları retrospektif olarak incelendi. Hastanın başvuru yılı, mevsimi, cinsiyeti, yaşı ve gaitada viral antijen testi sonuçları dosya kayıtlarından retrospektif olarak incelendi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınan hastaların 364'ünde (%13.8) dışkı örneğinde viral antijen saptanırken, bunların 92'sinde (%4.7) rotavirüs ve 180'ninde (%9.1) adenovirüs saptandı. Hem rotavirüs hem de adenovirüsün bir ay-2 yaş grubunda en yaygın olduğunu bulduk. Çalışmamızda rotavirüs en sık Aralık ve kış aylarında, adenovirüs ise Mart ve ilkbahar aylarında tespit edilmiştir. Yirmi altı (%28.2) rotavirüs gastroenteritli hasta ve 68 (%37.7) adenovirüs gastroenteritli hasta hastaneye yatırılarak tedavi edildi. Sonuç: Çalışmamız viral gastroenterit etkenleri olan rotavirüs ve adenovirüsün önemli oranda görüldüğünü göstermiştir. Özellikle iki yaşın altındaki çocuklarda viral ajanların saptanma sıklığı daha yüksektir. Enterik adenovirüs ve rotavirüs sırasıyla ilkbahar ve kış aylarında daha sık tespit edildi. Gastroenterit şüphesi olan çocuklarda viral gastroenterit ajanlarının düşünülmesini ve araştırılmasını öneriyoruz.

Keywords

• adenovirüs
• çocuklar
• gastroenterit
• prevalans
• rotavirüs

Supporting Institution

YOK

Project Number

YOK

Thanks

YOK

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