Does taking probiotics routinely with antibiotics prevent antibiotic associated diarrhoea?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7846, 2012, Pages

  Butler, Christopher C ^a   Duncan, Donna ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMEL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS RHAMNOSUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOULARDII; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84857814599     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e682     Document Type: Article

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