The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2018 , Vol 60 , Num 6
Rotavirus gastroenteritis-associated urinary tract calculus in an infant
Kiwako Tsukida 1 ,Masahide Goto 1 ,Naoki Yamaguchi 1 ,Tomoyuki Imagawa 1 ,Daisuke Tamura 1 ,Takanori Yamagata 1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2018.06.025 Tsukida K, Goto M, Yamaguchi N, Imagawa T, Tamura D, Yamagata T. Rotavirus gastroenteritis-associated urinary tract calculus in an infant. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 769-770. Rotavirus gastroenteritis a severe viral gastroenteritis that occasionally causes post-renal failure with urinary tract calculus. A 15-month-old boy with rotavirus gastroenteritis suffered from pre- and post-renal dysfunction due to dehydration and urinary obstruction, respectively. Careful evaluations using abdominal ultrasound and cautious fluid replacement with urine alkalization led to an improvement in the pre- and post-renal dysfunction. Keywords : gastroenteritis, urinary calculi, renal failure, metabolic acidosis
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