Identification and management of Shigella infection in children with diarrhoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Kirkby D Tickell, DrMBBS (Author), Rebecca L Brander, MPH (Author), Hannah E Atlas, BA (Author), Jeffrey M Pernica, MD (Author), Judd L Walson, MD (Author), Patricia B Pavlinac, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 miss...