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Review: probiotics reduced diarrhoea at 3 days in children and adults with proven or presumed infectious diarrhoea

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.4.107

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    Allen SJ, Okoko B, Martinez E, et al. Probiotics for treating infectious diarrhoea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004;(2):CD003048.

    Q Are probiotics effective for proven or presumed infectious diarrhoea in children and adults?

    METHODS

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    Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group trials register (December 2002), Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Issue 4, 2002), Medline (1966–2002), and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1988–2002); existing reviews; reference lists of retrieved trials; experts and relevant organisations; and 5 manufacturers of probiotics.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    published and unpublished randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in any language that compared specific probiotics with placebo or no probiotic in adults and children with acute diarrhoea (<14 d) that was proven or presumed to be caused by an infectious agent. 2 independent reviewers assessed …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr S J Allen, Swansea Clinical School, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK. s.j.allenswansea.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: Department for International Development UK.