SEVERE ROTAVIRUS-ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA FOLLOWING BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION - TREATMENT WITH ORAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN

Two patients developed acute severe rotavirus-associated diarrhoea fol lowing BMT. Both received treatment with oral immunoglobulin and in ea ch case the diarrhoea substantially resolved within 3 days, and rotavi rus became undetectable in their stool. Oral immunoglobulin may be a u seful therapy for rotavirus gastroenteritis post-BMT.