Sarah Somji, Per Ashorn, Karim Manji, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Chisti, Usha Dhingra, Sunil Sazawal, Benson Singa, Judd L Walson, Patricia Pavlinac, Naor Bar-Zeev, Eric Houpt, Queen Dube, Karen Kotloff, Samba Sow, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Farah Qamar, Rajiv Bahl, Ayesha De Costa, Jonathon Simon, Christopher R Sudfeld, Christopher P Duggan
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to assess the association between nutritional and clinical characteristics and quantitative PCR (qPCR)-diagnosis of bacterial diarrhoea in a multicentre cohort of children under 2 years of age with moderate to severe diarrhoea (MSD). DESIGN: A secondary cross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected from the AntiBiotics for Children with Diarrhoea trial (NCT03130114). PATIENTS: Children with MSD (defined as <u>></u>3 loose stools within 24 hours and presenting with at least one of the following: some/severe dehydration, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) or severe stunting) enrolled in the ABCD trial and collected stool sample...
April 11, 2024: BMJ Paediatrics Open