MedicineInfectious DiseasesPediatricsGastroenterologyHepatologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesGastrointestinal InfectionsInfectious DiarrheaLiver DiseasePediatric Diarrheal DisordersPediatric HepatologyViral HepatitisAcute Hepatic NecrosisAcute Liver DysfunctionHepatic Viral InfectionsPediatric Acute Liver FailurePediatric GastroenteritisRotavirus GastroenteritisViral Hepatic NecrosisViral Hepatitis In Children
We report a case of an immunocompetent child with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis who developed an acute liver damage during infection. Acute rotavirus-related hepatitis has been previously described in immunodeficient children, but never in a normal child.