The Effect of a Yeast Probiotic on Acute Diarrhea in Children

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 211-214

  Sharif, Mohammad Reza ^a   Kashani, Hamed Haddad ^a   Ardakani, Abbas Taghavi ^a   Kheirkhah, Davood ^a   Tabatabaei, Fatemeh ^b   Sharif, Alireza ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Children; Probiotic; Saccharomyces boulardii; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; YEAST; DIARRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; PROBIOTICS; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84982144538     PISSN: 18671306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12602-016-9221-2     Document Type: Article

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