A solid-organ transplant recipient has three weeks of PCR-confirmed norovirus diarrhoea. Why is the illness often prolonged, and what management

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A solid-organ transplant recipient has three weeks of PCR-confirmed norovirus diarrhoea. Why is the illness often prolonged, and what management principle follows?

Accepted Answer

Supportive care plus cautious review of immunosuppression

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Increase immunosuppression to suppress virus-mediated mucosal injury

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Prolonged symptoms prove inflammatory bowel disease rather than infection

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Norovirus establishes latency and requires lifelong aciclovir

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The PCR result proves bacterial coinfection requiring carbapenem therapy

Chronic Norovirus — SCE Infectious Diseases MCQ

A solid-organ transplant recipient has three weeks of PCR-confirmed norovirus diarrhoea. Why is the illness often prolonged, and what management principle follows?