Meta-analysis: Lactobacillus reuteri strain DSM 17938 (and the original strain ATCC 55730) for treating acute gastroenteritis in children

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-293

  Szajewska, H ^a   Urbanska M ^a   Chmielewska, A ^a   Weizman, Z ^b   Shamir, R ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Infants; L. reuteri; Microbiota; Probiotics; RCT; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI PROBIOTIC AGENT; LINCOMYCIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INFANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LINCOMYCIN; PROBIOTICS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84897058805     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0056     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Agustina, R., Kok, F.J., Van de Rest, O., Fahmida, U., Firmansyah, A., Lukito, W., Feskens, E.J., Van den Heuvel, E.G., Albers, R. and Bovee-Oudenhoven, I.M., 2012. Randomized trial of probiotics and calcium on diarrhea and respiratory tract infections in Indonesian children. Pediatrics 129: e1155-e1164.
2. Allen, S.J., Martinez, E.G. and Gregorio, G.V., 2010. Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews CD003048.
3. Chmielewska, A., Ruszczyński, M. and Szajewska, H., 2008. Lactobacillus reuteri strain ATCC 55730 for the treatment of acute infectious diarrhoea in children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pediatria Współczesna Gastroenterologia, Hepatologia i Żywienie Dziecka 10: 33-37.
4. Dinleyici, E.C., Dalgic, N., Guven, S., Timur, O.M., Eren, M., Ozen, M. and Kara, A., 2013. The effect of a Lactobacillus reuteri on the duration of diarrhea and length of hospital stay in children with acute diarrhea in Turkey: prospective, single blind, randomized controlled trial. Available at: http://www.espghan2013.org/docs/conference-files/46th-annual-meeting-of-espghan-abstracts.
5. Dinleyici., E.C., Eren, M., Ozen, M., Yargic, Z.A. and Vandenplas, Y., 2012. Effectiveness and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii for acute infectious diarrhea. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 12: 395-410.
6. Egervärn, M., Lindmark, H., Olsson, J. and Roos, S., 2010. Transferability of a tetracycline resistance gene from probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri to bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 97: 189-200.
7. Egger, M., Smith, G.D, Schneider, M. and Minder, C., 1997. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. BMJ 315: 629-634.
8. Eom, T.H., Oh, E.Y., Kim, Y.H., Lee, H.S., Jang, P.S., Kim, D.U., Kim, J.T. and Lee, B.C., 2005. The therapeutic effect of Lactobacillus reuteri in acute diarrhea in infants and toddlers. Korean Journal of Pediatrics 48: 986-990.
9. Francavilla, R., Lionetti, E., Castellaneta, S, Ciruzzi, F., Indrio, F., Masciale, A., Fontana, C., La Rosa, M.M., Cavallo, L. and Francavilla, A., 2012. Randomised clinical trial: Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 vs. placebo in children with acute diarrhoea-a double-blind study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 36: 363-369.
10. Grześkowiak, Ł., Isolauri, E., Salminen, S. and Gueimonde, M., 2011. Manufacturing process influences properties of probiotic bacteria. British Journal of Nutrition 105: 887-894.
11. Guarino, A., Albano, F., Ashkenazi, S., Gendrel, D., Hoekstra, J.H., Shamir, R. and Szajewska, H., 2008. European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition/European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children in Europe. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 46 Suppl. 2: S81-S184.
12. Hempel, S., Newberry, S., Ruelaz, A., Wang, Z., Miles, J.N., Suttorp, M.J., Johnsen, B., Shanman, R., Slusser, W., Fu, N., Smith, A., Roth, B., Polak, J., Motala, A., Perry, T. and Shekelle, P.G., 2011. Safety of probiotics used to reduce risk and prevent or treat disease. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment 200: 1-645.
13. Higgins, J.P.T. and Green, S. (eds.), 2008. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 5.0.1. Cochrane Collaboration. Available at: http://www.cochrane-handbook.org.
14. Hogg, R.V. and Craig, A.T., 1995. Introduction to mathematical statistics. 5th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA.
15. Johnston, B.C., Shamseer, L., Da Costa, B.R., Tsuyuki, R.T. and Vohra, S., 2010. Measurement issues in trials of pediatric acute diarrheal diseases: a systematic review. Pediatrics 126: e222-e231.
16. Payne, D.C., Vinjé, J., Szilagyi, P.G, Edwards, K.M., Staat, M.A., Weinberg, G.A., Hall, C.B., Chappell, J., Bernstein, D.I., Curns, A.T., Wikswo, M., Shirley, S.H., Hall, A.J., Lopman, B. and Parashar, U.D., 2013. Norovirus and medically attended gastroenteritis in U.S. children. New England Journal of Medicine 368: 1121-1130.
17. Rosander, A., Connolly, E. and Roos, S., 2008. Removal of antibiotic resistance plasmids from Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55 730 and characterization of the resulting daughter strain, L. reuteri DSM 17 938. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 6032-6040.
18. Rosenfeldt, V., Michaelsen, K.F., Jakobsen, M., Larsen, C.N., Møller, P.L., Tvede, M., Weyrehter, H., Valerius, N.H. and Paerregaard, A., 2002a. Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus strains on acute diarrhea in a cohort of nonhospitalized children attending day-care centers. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 21: 417-419.
19. Rosenfeldt, V., Michaelsen, K.F., Jakobsen, M., Larsen, C.N., Møller, P.L, Pedersen, P., Tvede, M., Weyrehter, H., Valerius, N.H. and Paerregaard, A., 2002b. Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus strains in young children hospitalized with acute diarrhea. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 21: 411-416.
20. Shornikova, A.V, Casas, I.A., Mykkänen, H., Salo, E. and Vesikari, T. 1997b. Bacteriotherapy with Lactobacillus reuteri in rotavirus gastroenteritis Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 16: 1103-1107.
21. Shornikova, A.V., Casas, I.A., Isolauri, E., Mykkänen, H. and Vesikari, T., 1997a. Lactobacillus reuteri as a therapeutic agent in acute diarrhea in young children. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterolology and Nutrition 24: 399-404.
22. Soriano-Gabarró, M., Mrukowicz, J., Vesikari, T. and Verstraeten, T., 2006. Burden of rotavirus disease in European Union countries. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 25 Suppl. 1: S7-S11.
23. Szajewska, H., Skórka, A., Ruszczyński, M. and Gieruszczak-Białek, D., 2013. Meta-analysis: Lactobacillus GG for treating acute gastroenteritis in children-updated analysis of randomised controlled trials. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 38: 467-467.
24. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2011. Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination of Lactobacillus reuteri strain DSM 17938 for addition to term infant formula. Available at: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/gras_notices/GRN410.pdf.
25. Whelan., K. and Myers, C.E., 2010. Safety of probiotics in patients receiving nutritional support: a systematic review of case reports, randomized controlled trials, and nonrandomized trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 91: 687-703.