Report #2830298

Received Mar 9, 2025

Life-threateningHospitalizedER / ED visit

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 0.3 yrs
State: CA
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Feb 18, 2025
Onset: Feb 26, 2025
Days to onset: 8
Hospital days: 12

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
RV1	ROTAVIRUS (ROTARIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	2	32PF3	PO / MO

Symptoms (15)

Abdominal distensionAbdominal painCleft lip repairClostridium difficile infectionClostridium test positiveFaeces discolouredGastrointestinal tube insertionLaboratory testLethargyNucleic acid testOccult blood positivePyrexiaRotavirus test positiveUrinary system X-rayX-ray gastrointestinal tract

Symptom narrative

Unclear if related. Patient got Rotarix #2 without issue on 2/18. Got a mouth surgery on 2/25. 2/26 had fever, abd pain, lethargy, abdominal bloating, and rust-colored heme-positive stool. Needed an orogastric tube, NPO. Needed broad-spectrum antibiotics. Oral vancomycin for presumed C difficile. Unclear whether rotavirus is at all related. VAERs filed due to it being detectable in a stool PCR panel (but rotavirus Antigen was negative in stool workup).

Current illness

Cleft lip/palate, failure to thrive. Had just gotten cleft lip/palate repair on 2/25/25.

Other medications

None

Allergies

None

Lab data

Upper GI, KUB, multiple chemistries and. Infectious workup significant for C difficile detected on Karius (cell free DNA), and rotavirus detected on stool PCR panel.