PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S. A. Rousseau TI - Investigation of acute gastroenteritis in general practice — relevance of newer laboratory methods DP - 1983 Aug 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 514--516 VI - 33 IP - 253 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/514.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/514.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Aug 01; 33 AB - Over a nine-month period, all patients suffering from acute gastroenteritis, with diarrhoea as an essential component, who presented to a group practice in southern England were investigated using conventional laboratory methods, and also newer techniques of electron microscopy and search for species of Campylobacter. Rotavirus and Campylobacter were the two most commonly encountered pathogens.