Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
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J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. · May 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialTime course of bacterial diversity in stool samples of malnourished children with cholera receiving treatment.
Recent nutritional interventions have targeted colonic functions in patients with infectious diarrhea during rehydration and during recovery from malnutrition, with the assumption that the effects will be influenced by metabolism of complex carbohydrates by colonic bacteria. However, the diversity of colonic bacteria in patients with cholera is not known. ⋯ Bacterial diversity was markedly but transiently altered in severely malnourished children with cholera receiving therapy.