Randomised Placebo-controlled Double Blind Multicentric Trial on Efficacy and Safety of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5® and Bifidobacterium BB-12® for Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 61, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages 708-712

  Chatterjee, Suparna ^a   Kar, Premashish ^b   Das, Tapas ^a   Ray, Sayantan ^c   Ganguly, Satyabrata ^c   Rajendiran, Chinnaswamy ^d   Mitra, Monjori ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^d MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Medclin Research Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884677398     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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