Oral Rehydration Solution With Zinc and Prebiotics in Acute Diarrhea

Inclusion Criteria: * Children 3-36 months old seen in the pediatrician offices presenting acute diarrhea lasting less than 48 h are considered eligible for the study Exclusion Criteria: * Diarrhea lasting more than 48 h * Malnutrition as judged by a body weight/height ratio below the 5th percentile * Clinical signs of severe dehydration * Clinical signs of a coexisting severe acute systemic illness (meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia) * Immunodeficiency * Underlying severe chronic disease * Malnutrition * Cystic fibrosis * Food allergy or other chronic gastrointestinal diseases * Use of pre/probiotics in the previous 3 weeks * Use of antibiotics or any antidiarrheal medication in the previous 3 weeks.