Antibiotics in severely malnourished children: systematic review of efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics
OBJECTIVE: To systemically review the evidence in support of World Health Organization guidelines recommending broad-spectrum antibiotics for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).METHODS: CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, POPLINE, CAB Abstracts and ongoing trials registers were searched.Experts were contacted.Conference proceedings and ref