[Efficacy of poria-polyporus anti-diarrhea oral liquor in treating infantile rotavirus diarrhea: a controlled study with smicta].

The efficacy of Poria-Polyporus Anti-diarrhea Mixture (PPAM) in infantile rotavirus diarrhea with Smicta was observed. In two groups of patients, altogether 60 patients were enrolled. The effective rate in the PPAM group and Smicta groups were 83.33% and 90.00% (P < 0.05) respectively. No statistically significance in respect of the duration of fever and diarrhea. Human rotavirus RNA in stool was detected by PAGE, which showed positive result in 13 patients of PPAM group and 19 in Smicta group. The duration of virus excretion in both group were 2-7 days, which was much shorter than 9-21 days of previous report.