In:
Acta Paediatrica, Wiley, Vol. 88, No. s426 ( 1999-01), p. 48-52
Kurzfassung:
The need for a rotavirus vaccine in any particular country depends primarily on the number of hospitalized cases. Since only limited data are available for Germany, we undertook a retrospective hospital‐based analysis in order to gather further information. From 1987 through 1996, a total of 3618 inpatients were hospitalized with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis (ICD 9). In 892 (25%) of them the causative organism wasa rotavirus. During the same period, 1886 (out of 8383; 22%) stool speciment tested in the hospital laboratory were obtained from rotavirus‐positive inpatients. In 49.2% the infection was community‐acquired, and in the remainder of nosocomial origin. Infants under 4 months of age(n=709; 38%) predominated among both the nosocomial and community‐acquired infections. Premature neonates made up 26% of the nosocomial, but only 2% of the community‐acquired cases of diarrhoea. The winter peak (January) was most pronounced in the age group 4‐12 months, but in those more than 1 y old the peak came a month later. The median hospitalization time for community‐acquired cases was 4 d (mean 5.9 d).The mortality was 0.1%. Rotavirus infection must therefore be regarded as a considerable burden, particularly with regard to infants and young children. Furthermore, the morbidity due to nosocomial infection with the rotavirus, analysed here in a long‐term observational study, is unexpectedly high. □ Hospital‐based study, nosocomial infection, rotavirus
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0803-5253
,
1651-2227
DOI:
10.1111/apa.1999.88.issue-s426
DOI:
10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb14326.x
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
1999
ZDB Id:
1492629-5
ZDB Id:
1501466-6
