Treatment of acute infectious diarrhoea in infants and children with a mixture of three Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-253

  Szymanski H ^a   Pejcz, J ^a   Jawien M ^b   Chmielarczyk, A ^b   Strus, M ^b   Heczko, P B ^b  

^a St Hedwig of Silesia Hospital   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKCID L; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644920653     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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