Pathogens associated with linear growth faltering in children with diarrhea and impact of antibiotic treatment: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study.
Dilruba NasrinWilliam C BlackwelderHalvor SommerfeltYukun WuTamer H FaragSandra PanchalingamKousick BiswasDebasish SahaM Jahangir HossainSamba O SowRobert F BreimanDipika SurAbu S G FaruqueAnita K M ZaidiDoh SanogoBoubou TambouraUma OnwuchekwaByomkesh MannaThandavarayan RamamurthySuman KanungoRichard OmoreJohn B OchiengJoseph O OundoSumon K DasShahnawaz AhmedShahida QureshiFarheen QuadriRichard A AdegbolaMartin AntonioInacio MandomandoTacilta NhampossaSozinho AcácioAnna RooseCiara E O'ReillyEric D MintzUsha RamakrishnanHelen PowellYuanyuan LiangJames P NataroMyron M LevineKaren L KotloffPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2021)
Linear growth faltering among children aged 0-23 months with MSD is associated with specific pathogens and can be mitigated with targeted treatment strategies, as demonstrated for Shigella.