Influence of Zinc Supplementation in Acute Diarrhea Differs by the Isolated Organism

• Main Authors: Archana B. Patel (Author), Michael J. Dibley (Author), Manju Mamtani (Author), Neetu Badhoniya (Author), Hemant Kulkarni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zinc supplementation is recommended in all acute diarrheas in children from developing countries. We aimed to assess whether zinc supplementation would be equally effective against all the common organisms associated with acute diarrheas. We used data on 801 children with acute diarrhea recruited in...