The study will be conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of a single dose of ciprofloxacin oral suspension 20 mg/kg with a 3-day course of erythromycin oral suspension administered in a dose of 12.5 mg/kg every 6 hours (12 doses) in the treatment of children, aged 2-15 years with clinically severe cholera due to V. cholerae O1 or O139.