Feasibility and tolerability of probiotics for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in hospitalized US military veterans

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-668

  Safdar, N ^a,b,c   Barigala, R ^b,c   Said, A ^b,c   McKinley, L ^c  

^a h4/511 CSC ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhoea; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FLORAJEN; MACROLIDE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; NAUSEA; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 55949121333     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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