The Antibiotics for Children With Group, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Muhammad Waliur Rahman et al.
Importance: World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines do not recommend routine antibiotic use for children with acute watery diarrhea. However, recent studies suggest that a significant proportion of such episodes have a bacterial cause and are associated with mortality and growth impairment, espec...
Patricia B. Pavlinac, James A Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Hannah E Atlas et al.
BACKGROUND: Bacterial pathogens cause substantial diarrhea morbidity and mortality among children living in endemic settings, yet antimicrobial treatment is only recommended for dysentery or suspected cholera. METHODS: AntiBiotics for Children with severe Diarrhea was a 7-country, placebo-controlled...
Sharika Nuzhat, Rina Das, Md Farhad Kabir, Md. Ahshanul Haque et al.
Background: Despite the global burden of stunting, data regarding the determinants of stunting observed on follow-up after discharge from health care facilities among children treated for severe diarrhoea are limited. We investigated factors influencing stunting during post-discharge follow-up among...