PEDIATRICS Vol. 45 No. 4 April 1970, pp. 718
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Vitamin K Deficiency After the Newborn Period

William T. Speck M.D.1

1 USPHS Clinic, 2105 Fifth Street, San Diego, California 92109

"Another lesson" not mentioned by Drs. Goldman and Amadio,1 yet confirmed in their report, is that the routine use of antibiotics for diarrheal disease in most pediatric populations in our country, without prior bacteriological confirmation, may be fraught with profound consequences and should be discouraged.