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Antibiotics in severe acute malnutrition

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Children with severe acute malnutrition may be infected and the routine addition of antibiotics to nutritional treatment has been recommended although there have been no clinical trials and there is observational evidence that giving antibiotics may be unnecessary or even harmful. Now, a trial in …

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