[Drug treatment of acute infectious diarrhea in infants and children]

In this paper written by the Groupe francophone d'hépatologie, gastroentérologie et nutrition pédiatriques, recommendations 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 Comité de nutrition de la Société française de pédiatrie, and published in the same issue of the Archives de Pédiatrie.