Microbes and the malnourished child

Sci Transl Med. 2013 Apr 10;5(180):180fs11. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006212.

Abstract

New research implicates a dysfunctional gut microbiome in the etiology of severe childhood malnutrition and confirms a role for antibiotics in its treatment.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child Nutrition Disorders / drug therapy
  • Child Nutrition Disorders / etiology*
  • Child Nutrition Disorders / microbiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Malnutrition / drug therapy
  • Malnutrition / etiology*
  • Malnutrition / microbiology*
  • Metagenome / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents