Retrospective analysis of patients admitted between 2008-2009 rotavirus diarrhea

PURPOSE: Nowadays, factors of acute gastroenteritis are among the viruses in thefirst place. Rotavirus, the most common cause of acute viral gastroenteritis. Rotavirus infectionis an important place in our study of childhood acute gastroenteritis was to evaluate the clinicalanalysisMETHODS: January 2008 - January 2009 for children aged 0-18 years admitted to thehospital with acute diarrhea were included. The study was retrospective and single center, thepatients name-surname, date of birth, date of application, hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, stoolmicroscopy, and patients were screened for rotavirus and adenovirus antigen results for the filewas created. Statistics were performed using the SPSS 16.0 package program.RESULTS: 288 patients were included in the study. Rotavirus was positive in 88children. Temperate climate with reference to the maximum of Istanbul in January, Februaryand March were seen. Rotavirus-positive patients' mean age was 37 months. Rotavirus-positivepatients with 46.5% of the younger of two years.CONCLUSIONS: Rotavirus diarrhea in children under two years of age, cause of diarrhea,especially in winter and spring seasons.KEY WORDS: Child, gastroenteritis, rotavirus9