Bibliographic information
GuidelineGuideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
In children up to 10 years of age with acute watery diarrhoea (regardless of etiology), WHO suggests against the use of antibiotics
Recommended against
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Notes and Remarks
Remarks The GDG’s decision places higher value on the larger uncertain undesirable effects of overtreatment (including antibiotic resistance) and a lower value on the uncertain trivial benefit of antibiotic treatment. Some of the evidence was indirect.