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Table 3 Pathogens requested for laboratory diagnostics, and number of positive tests, 2001 and 2002 combined

From: General practitioner practices in requesting laboratory tests for patients with gastroenteritis in the Netherlands, 2001–2002

 

Number of tests

Positive (% of all tests/% of patients tested for the specific pathogen)

Total

243

70 (29%)

Pathogen

  

Campylobacter

212

33 (14%/16%)

Salmonella

205

9 (4%/5%)

Shigella

190

4 (2%/2%)

Yersinia

136

0

Giardia lamblia

115

13 (5%/11%)

Worms/Wormeggs/Cysts

35

3 (1%/9%)

Rotavirus

29

2 (0.8%/7%)

Cryptosporidium

26

1 (0.4%/4%)

Adenovirus

16

1 (0.4%/6%)

E. coli

7

1 (0.4%/14%)