Probiotics for preventing healthcare-associated diarrhea in children: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pediatria Polska

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-16

  Wanke, Monika ^a   Szajewska, Hanna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Nosocomial diarrhea; Nosocomial gastroentereritis; Probiotics; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84896730937     PISSN: 00313939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepo.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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