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The frequency of culturing stools from adults with diarrhoea in Great Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. A. Feldman  and
N. Banatvala
R. A. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College at QMW, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
N. Banatvala
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College at QMW, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
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Utilizing the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) Omnibus Survey, it was possible to measure the frequency with which a stool culture was obtained following episodes of diarrhoea in adults. Interviewing over 8000 adults, over a 4-month period between October 1992 and January 1993, 633 persons (7·9%) reported one episode of diarrhoea in the previous month, and 5·4 % of these individuals with diarrhoea reported that a stool had been requested for examination. No significant regional differences were observed with the sample size available. The estimate of the rate of diarrhoea in adults was just under one episode per person per year.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 113 , Issue 1 , August 1994 , pp. 41 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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