Children with diarrhoea don’t necessarily need antibiotics, Muhas researchers say
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Presenting findings during the symposium themed: The landscape of diarrhoeal diseases in children in Tanzania; and the way forward, a senior specialist in children’s health from Muhas, Dr Rodrick Kisenge, said antibiotics such as metronidazole, erythromycin, azithromycin, niloxamide and ciprofloxacin are rampantly used; and wrongly.