Histologic distribution of fatal rotaviral infection: An immunohistochemical and reverse transcriptase in situ polymerase chain reaction analysis

被引:47
作者
Morrison, C
Gilson, T
Nuovo, GJ
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] State New Hampshire, Off Med Examiner, Concord, NH USA
关键词
rotavirus; endothelialitis; in situ polymerase chain reaction;
D O I
10.1053/hupa.2001.21565
中图分类号
R36 [病理学];
学科分类号
100104 ;
摘要
Rotaviral infection is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in young children. Although rotavirus infection has a high morbidity and mortality rate in animals, in most cases in the United States the disease appears to be self-limited in humans. We report on 2 cases of fatal rotaviral infection in a 1 year old and a 4 year old. In each case, the illness showed a rapid systemic course dominated by cardiac and central nervous system involvement; in one case, rotaviral infection was documented by stool culture. Viral RNA was localized by reverse transcriptase in situ polymerase chain reaction to the mucosal cells of the small and large intestine and to many other tissues, including the heart and central nervous system, where it was noted in the endothelial cells of the microvasculature. Immunohistochemical analysis for the virus showed an identical histologic distribution in the intestinal epithelial cells and the systemic microvasculature. It is concluded that rotaviral infection can lead to a fatal disseminated infection in humans and the mechanism of this complication is based on a diffuse endothelialitis and concomitant tissue damage. HUM PATHOL 32: 216-221, Copyright (C) 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company.
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