Abstract

THIELE, Karlheinz; MULLER, Lutz; UERLINGS, Harald  and  SCHMIDT, Uwe. Sudden death of a child due to aspiration of the gastric content during an infection with Norwalk-like virus. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2005, vol.57, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3054.

The death of a 1.5-year-old child due to bronchoaspiration  of the gastric content in the development of a letal infection caused by Norwalk-like virus was reported. The viral gastrointestinal diseases are common but they rarely produce a severe disease. Recent investigations show that Norwall-like virus (Noro-Virus) is the most frequent gastrointestinal pathogen in Central Europe. The etiological diagnosis of the gastrointestinal disease, starting from autopsy material, was only possible by polymerase chain reaction. The introduction of this technique allowed to reduce the number of cases of gastrointestinal diseases without etiological diagnosis and, at the same time, to increase the demosnstration of the occurrence of infection caused by Norwalk-like virus.

Keywords : Norwalk-like virus; polymerase chain reaction; etiological diagnosis; Central Europe.

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