TY - JOUR T1 - Investigation of acute gastroenteritis in general practice — relevance of newer laboratory methods JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 514 LP - 516 VL - 33 IS - 253 AU - S. A. Rousseau Y1 - 1983/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/514.abstract N2 - 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. ER -