ACUTE INTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN. A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROBLEM

The article presents an overview of modem ideas about the etiological structure, principles of diagnosis and therapy of acute intestinal infections in children. The authors comment on the features of the diagnosis and treatment of these patients, existing today in the domestic and foreign practice. As part of evidence-based medicine shows the efficacy of various drugs for the treatment of children with infectious diarrhea. The authors used the results of their research to substantiate their position in discussions on several issues of improving diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in working with patients with acute intestinal infections.