Can probiotic yogurt prevent diarrhoea in children on antibiotics? A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fox, Michael J ^a   Ahuja, Kiran D K ^a   Robertson, Iain K ^a   Ball, Madeleine J ^a   Eri, Rajaraman D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROBIOTICS; TASMANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGURT;

EID: 84921844646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006474     Document Type: Article

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