Metronidazole for chronic diarrhoea in children
Shann, F.
Papua and new Guinea Medical Journal 22(4): 98-100
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-1480 PMID: 400464 Document Number: 4345
A double blind prospective controlled trial of metronidazole was performed on children admitted to Goroka Hospital with diarrhoea for seven days or more. There was no significant difference in the duration of diarrhoea after treatment began between children given metronidazole (4.3 days) and those given placebo (4.1 days).
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