Diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea in children: 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Cli-nical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea

Diarrhea is one of the main disease types of illness and death in children in developing countries, and infectious diarrhea is especially harmful to children′s health.A panel of multidisciplinary experts in management of infectious diarrhea in children and adults was convened in 2012.Panel participants included representatives from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), and the Infectious Disease Society of America(IDSA) Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee (SPGC). In 2017, the panel issued a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diarrhea, which was validated and recommended for the management of infectious diarrhea.Now, the part of the content on children in the guide was described. Key words: Child; Infectious diarrhea; Diagnosis; Management