Failure of Syndrome-Based Diarrhea Management Guidelines to DetectShigellaInfections in Kenyan Children | Zendy

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Failure of Syndrome-Based Diarrhea Management Guidelines to DetectShigellaInfections in Kenyan Children

Author(s) -

Patricia B. Pavlinac,

Donna M. Denno,

Grace JohnStewart,

Frankline Onchiri,

Jaqueline M. Naulikha,

Elizabeth Odundo,

Christine Hulseberg,

Benson Singa,

Lisa E. Manhart,

Judd L. Walson

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piv037

Subject(s) - shigella , shigella flexneri , medicine , diarrhea , dysentery , shigellosis , shigella sonnei , bacillary dysentery , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , genetics , pathology , bacteria , gene

Shigella is a leading cause of childhood diarrhea mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current World Health Organization guidelines recommend antibiotics for children in non cholera-endemic areas only in the presence of dysentery, a proxy for suspected Shigella infection.

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