Rotavirus infection and bradycardia-apnoea-episodes in the neonate

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Abstract
Rotavirus (RV), a common cause of infectious enteritis in young children including neonates, has not been associated with central nervous symptoms in standard textbooks. However, involvement of the CNS has been reported recently in case reports and small series. From 786 neonatal admissions in 1991 we retrospectively analysed the records of 215 inpatient neonates (68 preterm and 147 term infants) who developed diarrhoea during their stay on the neonatal ward and in whom stools were investigated for RV antigen by ELISA. All 215 neonates were continuously monitored for bradycardia-apnoea-episodes (BAE) at least 2 days before and during the entire diarrhoeal period. In neonates with RV antigen in stools (n=114) we found a higher incidence of BAE compared to neonates with RV negative stools (33% vs 8%,PPPP<0.05) than in the RV negative neonates.

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