Detection of rotavirus in paediatric oncology patients with diarrhoea: the impact of rotavirus vaccine

Akhtar, T, Cargill, J, Gerrard, C, Shaw, F, Cunliffe, NA ORCID: 0000-0002-5449-4988, Cooke, RPD and Pizer, B (2018) Detection of rotavirus in paediatric oncology patients with diarrhoea: the impact of rotavirus vaccine. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 99 (2). pp. 185-187.

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Abstract

Seven years' data were reviewed to examine stool-testing for rotavirus in patents treated in a regional paediatric oncology unit before and after the introduction of UK-wide rotavirus immunization in July 2013. The prevalence of rotavirus positivity has diminished since the introduction of rotavirus immunization, with 21 of 416 positive samples between 2010 and 2012, but only one positive test out of 122 samples in 2015 and 2016. Based on these results, there seems to be little use for routine rotavirus-testing in children and young people with cancer presenting with diarrhoea.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rotavirus, Stool testing, Immunization, Paediatric oncology, Diarrhoea
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2018 09:28
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:39
DOI:	10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.022
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3017909