Rotavirus gastroenteritis-associated urinary tract calculus in an infant

Abstract

Rotavirus gastroenteritis a severe viral gastroenteritis that occasionally causespost-renal failure with urinary tract calculus. A 15-month-old boy withrotavirus gastroenteritis suffered from pre- and post-renal dysfunction due todehydration and urinary obstruction, respectively. Careful evaluations usingabdominal ultrasound and cautious fluid replacement with urine alkalizationled to an improvement in the pre- and post-renal dysfunction.