Recently the role of rotavirus in the etiopathogenesis of neonatal hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and necrotizing enterocolitis has been underlined. We report a case of NEC caused by rotavirus, that occurred in a term neonate born from a drug abusing mother, during an outbreak of rotavirus-associated which appeared with gastrointestinal bleeding and mild systemic signs in comparison with marked radiologic findings, rapidly evolved from the fourth day of life, after the normalization of abdominal roentgenogram.
[A case of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis due to rotavirus]
Dani, C;Trevisanuto, D;Zanardo, V
1994
Abstract
Recently the role of rotavirus in the etiopathogenesis of neonatal hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and necrotizing enterocolitis has been underlined. We report a case of NEC caused by rotavirus, that occurred in a term neonate born from a drug abusing mother, during an outbreak of rotavirus-associated which appeared with gastrointestinal bleeding and mild systemic signs in comparison with marked radiologic findings, rapidly evolved from the fourth day of life, after the normalization of abdominal roentgenogram.File in questo prodotto:
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