Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Current (1999) World Health Organization guidelines recommend giving routine antibiotics (AB) for all children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), even if they have uncomplicated disease with no clinically obvious infections. We examined the evidence behind this reco...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Alcoba, Marko Kerac, Serge Breysse, Cécile Salpeteur, Annick Galetto-Lacour, André Briend, Alain Gervaix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0053184&type=printable
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