Identification and management of Shigella infection in children with diarrhoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Summary: Background: Shigella infections are a leading cause of diarrhoeal death among children in low-income and middle-income countries. WHO guidelines reserve antibiotics for treating children with dysentery. Reliance on dysentery for identification and management of Shigella infection might mis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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| Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17303923 |