Journal article
Norovirus infections in preterm infants: wide variety of clinical courses
Abstract
BackgroundNorovirus is an important cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis in all ages. Atypical courses are described. Clinical symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps, fever and malaise. Apart from three recent short reports we describe for the first time an outbreak of norovirus in a tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.FindingsThe typical symptoms of norovirus infection are in part also seen in premature born infants …
Authors
Armbrust S; Kramer A; Olbertz D; Zimmermann K; Fusch C
Journal
BMC Research Notes, Vol. 2, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2009
DOI
10.1186/1756-0500-2-96
ISSN
1756-0500