Clinical predictors for etiology of acute diarrhea in children in resource-limited settings.

• Main Authors: Ben J Brintz (Author), Joel I Howard (Author), Benjamin Haaland (Author), James A Platts-Mills (Author), Tom Greene (Author), Adam C Levine (Author), Eric J Nelson (Author), Andrew T Pavia (Author), Karen L Kotloff (Author), Daniel T Leung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in lower- and middle-income countries. In such settings, access to laboratory diagnostics are often limited, and decisions for use of antimicrobials often empiric. Clinical predictors are a pote...