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January 1, 1998Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Etiology of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children in Melbourne, Australia, from April 1980 to March 1993

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Population

4,637 children from 0 to 14 years of age, admitted to a large children's hospital for treatment of…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

13 years

Authors

GBGraeme BarnesThe University of MelbourneEUEric UrenCSL (Australia)KSKerrie B. StevensRoyal Children's Hospital

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Implication

Rotavirus leads identified pathogens in pediatric gastroenteritis admissions; extends long-term cohort data yet leaves unidentified causes unresolved.

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Population
4,637 children from 0 to 14 years of age, admitted to a large children's hospital for treatment of gastroenteritis
O
Outcome
Identification of enteric pathogens (viruses, bacteria, and parasites)

This 13-year study highlights that rotavirus is the leading identified cause of acute gastroenteritis in hospitalized children, though a significant proportion (43.5%) have no identified pathogen.

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Barnes et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a741b48ca963d7f80391b01https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.1.133-138.1998
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