Green banana reduces clinical severity of childhood shigellosis: A double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-425

  Rabbani, Golam H ^a,b   Ahmed, Shamsir ^a   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^a   Marni, Farzana ^a   Akhtar, Mastura ^a   Majid, Nashiha ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Childhood diarrhoea; Dietary management; Green banana; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE RESISTANT STARCH; CIPROFLOXACIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GREEN BANANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 67649519024     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819510b5     Document Type: Article

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