Mavromichalis J, Evans N, McNeish A S, Bryden A S, Davies H A, Flewett T H
Arch Dis Child. 1977 Jul;52(7):589-91. doi: 10.1136/adc.52.7.589.
The absorption of D-xylose infused into the duodenum was assessed in infants with acute gastroenteritis. 1-hour blood-xylose levels were low in 6 patients found to harbour rotavirus in the small intestinal aspirate. Normal levels (greater than 1-26 mmol/l) were obtained in the absence of virus particles in the small intestine in a further 6 patients: in 3 of these adenovirus or rotavirus was recovered from the stools. Three patients with adenovirus in the small intestinal juice and ill with acute gastroenteritis also had low xylose levels. This finding supports earlier epidemiological studies that adenovirus may be a causative agent of acute infantile gastroenteritis. The association between virus in the small intestine and xylose malabsorption may indicate mucosal damage. Formal proff of this is awaited.
对患有急性肠胃炎的婴儿注入十二指肠的D-木糖吸收情况进行了评估。在6名小肠抽吸物中发现轮状病毒的患者中，1小时血液木糖水平较低。另外6名小肠中没有病毒颗粒的患者获得了正常水平（大于1-26 mmol/l）：其中3名患者的粪便中检出腺病毒或轮状病毒。3名小肠液中有腺病毒且患有急性肠胃炎的患者木糖水平也较低。这一发现支持了早期的流行病学研究，即腺病毒可能是急性婴儿肠胃炎的病原体。小肠中的病毒与木糖吸收不良之间的关联可能表明黏膜受损。对此的正式证据尚待证实。
