Probiotics in prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhoea: Meta-analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7350, 2002, Pages 1361-1364

  D'Souza, Aloysius L ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a   Cooke, Jonathan ^a   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037042674     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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