Probiotics are associated with a decreased risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-72

  Cremonini, Filippo ^a,b   Videlock, Elizabeth Jane ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southern Nevada VA Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 85027922361     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2012-100863     Document Type: Note

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