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Table 5 Laboratory results of patients who had received antibiotics, 2001 and 2002 combined

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%)

  1. a) In one patient Giardia lamblia and a bacterium were detected and in one other patient Giardia lamblia and a virus were detected