Introduction
acute illness, malnutrition
MALNUTRITION
Globally, 13.6 million children under the age of five are affected by severe acute malnutrition (SAM)The human digestive system possesses a diverse microbial community (the gut microbiome) which mediates various metabolic functions essential to the host physiologyPrebiotics generally refer to oligosaccharides that are indigestible to the host, but are consumed by gut microflora, including any added probioticsThis current study was conducted to explore the role of probiotic and synbiotic supplementation on the ponderal and linear growth of partially/non-breastfed infants of 2–6 months of age with SAM, recovering from acute illness in a hospital.