Deciphering meta-analytic results: A mini-review of probiotics for the prevention of paediatric antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and Clostridium difficile infections

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-194

  McFarland, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhoea; Clostridium difficile; Meta analysis; Probiotics; Randomised clinical trials; Safety

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84928884954     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2014.0034     Document Type: Review

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