Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children
Stacy R. Finkbeiner, Binh-Minh Le, Lori R. Holtz, Gregory A. Storch, and David Wang
Table 2
Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with stool samples positive for astrovirus MLB1*
| Characteristic | Sample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD0016 | WD0055 | WD0104 | WD0227 | |
| Age, m | 15 | 17 | 4 | 43 |
| Sex | F | F | M | M |
| Diarrhea | No* | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Other symptoms | Abdominal pain | Vomiting, fever | Fever, seizures, respiratory distress | Fever |
| Hospitalization | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bacterial cultures† | Negative | Negative | Negative | Positive for E. coli O157:H7 |
*Patient had diarrhea 2 days before stool collection but not at collection.
†Tests were conducted for Escherichia coli, Campylobacter spp., Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., and Yersinia spp.
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