Abstract
Rotaviral gastroenteritis registered in adults as sporadic cases in the cold period of the year. The course of the diseases is moderate. Commonly, because of the similar epidemiological features, providing differential diagnosis with food poisoning is difficult. Thus, diagnosis requires identification of antigen in stools by specific chromatographic method. In advanced age patients there is deterioration of the status of premorbid chronic diseases.
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