Synergistic effect of antibiotics against bacterial pathogens causing diarrhea isolated from children <5 years of age

ABSTRACT

Background: Infant mortality rate due to diarrhea is high in Pakistan. The alarming increase in antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens causing diarrhea has made the treatment more complicated. This study was designed to determine the in vitro synergistic [combined] effect of different antibiotics against these pathogens in order to determine whether the combined antibiotic therapy may be used to treat diarrhea