From: General practitioner practices in requesting laboratory tests for patients with gastroenteritis in the Netherlands, 2001–2002
Number of patients (% of patients who had received antibiotics)
Total
64
Results
No pathogens detected
21 (33%)
Bacteriaa
29 (45%)
Giardia lamblia a
12 (19%)
Other parasites
3 (5%)
Virusesa
1 (2%)