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Does routine antibiotic therapy benefit children with severe acute malnutrition?

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Joseph L. Mathew

  2. Department of Neonatology, Superspecialty Pediatric Hospital & Post Graduate Teaching Institute, Noida, India

    Ruchi Rai

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Mathew, J.L., Rai, R. Does routine antibiotic therapy benefit children with severe acute malnutrition?. Indian Pediatr 53, 329–333 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0846-8

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