Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2016. A new study suggests that the current recommendation to treat severely malnourished children with routine antibiotics does not increase the likelihood of nutritional recovery in uncomplicated cases. Given this finding, the study’s authors say that routinely using antibiotics may not be necessary or beneficial for severely malnourished children being treated at home when there is adequate local health infrastructure.
Reducing routine antibiotic use would be prudent given global concern over…
