Diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis by smell.
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Clinical features cannot differentiate rotavirus gastroenteritis from other types of diarrhoea. Sixty eight stool specimens were examined by nurses on an infant gastroenteritis ward. Of these, 69% were correctly classified by smell alone. The results are significant (p = 0.009) and support the suggestion that rotavirus stools have a characteristic smell.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 62 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987