A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in Infantile Diarrhea

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-132

  Misra, Sudipta ^a   Sabui, Tapas K ^b   Pal, Nishith K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS GG; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTAVIRUS;

BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 67649823311     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.060     Document Type: Article

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