Drug therapy of infant and child infectious acute diarrhea.

In this paper written by the Groupe francophone d’he´patologie, gastroente´rologie et nutrition pe´diatriques, recommandations are given on the indications of drugs in infant and child infectious acute diarrhea, based upon the current scientific knowledge on their effectiveness and tolerance. This paper complements an article on nutritional treatment of acute diarrhea written by the Comite´ de nutrition de la Socie´te´ franc¸aise de pe´diatrie, and published in the same issue of the Archives de Pe´diatrie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]