Norovirus infection in renal transplant patients with chronic diarrhea: A report of four cases and review of the literature

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Year : 2021 \| Volume : 1 \| Issue : 1 \| Page : 28-33

Norovirus infection in renal transplant patients with chronic diarrhea: A report of four cases and review of the literature Sarojini Ashok Parameswaran¹, B Subba Rao², S Balasubramaniam², Ashok Parameswaran³, Anil Tarigopula⁴ ¹ Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ² Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ³ Department of Histopathology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ⁴ Department of Molecular Biology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence Address: Sarojini Ashok Parameswaran Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Lane, Off Greams Road, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/ghep.ghep_14_20

Diarrhea is not uncommon in immunocompromised patients We report here four renal transplant patients in whom a molecular testing panel for gastrointestinal pathogens revealed positive test for norovirus.



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