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A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on the Effect of Probiotics in Acute Diarrhea
Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets, 01/06/2012
Salari P et al. – The meta–analysis showed that probiotics decrease the duration of diarrhea and fever significantly in children while their effects on the duration of hospitalization, vomiting and number of stools per day were not significant. The results of systematic review on adults' diarrhea, amoebiasis, clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea, diarrhea in HIV positive patients, radiation–induced diarrhea, and chemotherapy–induced diarrhea did not support efficacy of probiotics in acute diarrhea.
