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CALICIVIRUS ENTERITIS

DEFINITION:

A viral infectious disease of the small bowel caused by an RNA virus resulting in a ?secretory diarrhea.

EPIDEMIOLOGY:

incidence: 1-2%
risk factors:
- age: infants and children
- season: year round
- route: ?
- environ: epidemic - hospital and sporadic

PATHOGENESIS:

1. Background

first described in the stools of children with diarrhea in 1976
antibody to calicivirus is acquired between .5-2 years of age and is present in 90% of older children and adults - no histopathology available of human calicivirus infections

CLINICAL FEATURES:

1. Prodrome

?

2. Diarrhea

?
associated symptoms - nausea and vomiting

INVESTIGATIONS:

1. Stool

calicivirus is detected by RIA, EM, and immune EM

MANAGEMENT:

1. Supportive

oral rehydration fluid (ORF) or intravenous rehydration

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