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ArticlePloS one2022

Clinical significance and intestinal microbiota composition in immunocompromised children with norovirus gastroenteritis.

Pei-Chun Lin, Yu-Chen S H Yang, Sheng-Chieh Lin, Meng-Che Lu, Yin-Tai Tsai, Shou-Cheng Lu, Shu-Huey Chen, Shih-Yen Chen

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Gut microbes · 2025
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  3. Norovirus Disease Among Children <5 Years in 3 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Findings From the Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study, 2015-2018.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pei-Chun LinDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Chen S H YangJoint Biobank, Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Sheng-Chieh LinDivision of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Meng-Che LuDivision of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yin-Tai TsaiDepartment of Medicine Laboratory, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shou-Cheng LuDepartment of Medicine Laboratory, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shu-Huey ChenDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Yen ChenDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9722-1998
Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNorovirus (NoV) infection is common in pediatric patients with immunodeficiency and is more likely to cause severe disease. Objective Our study aims to figure out the clinical differences and distribution of intestinal microbiota in immunocompromised children with NoV gastroenteritis.

methodsPediatric patients admitted to Shang-Ho Hospital with diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis including different immune status were enrolled and their medical records were reviewed. NoV gastroenteritis was validated using RT-PCR molecular methods. Viral shedding period was determined by real-time RT-PCR assays. Intestinal microbiota enrichment analysis was carried out by next generation sequencing after fecal DNA extraction and subsequent Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) Effect Size (LEfSe) method.

resultsSignificantly higher frequency of diarrhea [mean, (IQR), 3.8 (3-5) /day] and longer viral shedding time [mean, IQR, 8.5 (5-13) days] was found in immunocompromised NoV infections than in immunocompetent patients without NoV infections (p = 0.013*) and immunocompetent patients with NoV infections (p = 0.030**). The fever prevalence was significantly lower in immunocompromised NoV infections than in different immune or infection status. Intestinal microbiota metagenomics analysis showed no significant community richness difference while the LEfSe analysis showed a significant difference in commensal richness at the phylum level, the family level, and the genus level in patients under different immune status.

conclusionWe evaluated the clinical significances and microbiota composition in immunocompromised children with norovirus gastroenteritis. This will further facilitate studies of the interaction between the intestinal microbiota in such patients with precise determination of their bacterial infection control and probiotic supplements strategy.

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Caliciviridae InfectionsGastroenteritisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeNorovirusChildFecesGenotypeHumansInfantRNA, ViralRNA, Viral

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