Socioeconomic effects of acute diarrhoea in adults.

Epidemiological features and socioeconomic importance of acute diarrhoea in adults were studied in a prospective investigation of 309 patients and 240 controls in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Data from a national survey of 6,000 individuals interviewed for gastrointestinal and other symptoms were included. The age group 20-35 years constituted half of the patients.

Acute diarrhoea in adults: aetiology, clinical appearance and therapeutic aspects.

A prospective study of acute diarrhoea was performed during 15 months 1981/1982 and included 731 patients and 240 controls. 43% had been infected abroad. A cluster of travellers with bacterial pathogens was diagnosed in July-August.