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Alam S et al. - Prevalence of AAD is low and majority will respond to discontinuation of antibiotic. CDI is uncommon in children. Probiotics will prevent AAD in only 1 in 7 children on antibiotics. The authors need cost effectiveness studies to decide the issue of needing a probiotic antibiotic combination to prevent AAD.

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