Poulton J, Tarlow M J
East Birmingham Hospital.
Arch Dis Child. 1987 Aug;62(8):851-2. doi: 10.1136/adc.62.8.851.
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.
临床特征无法区分轮状病毒肠胃炎与其他类型的腹泻。在一个婴儿肠胃炎病房,护士检查了68份粪便样本。其中,仅通过气味就有69%被正确分类。结果具有显著性(p = 0.009),支持了轮状病毒粪便具有特征性气味这一观点。