Probiotics for respiratory tract infections in children attending day care centers—a systematic review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 979-994

  Laursen, Rikke Pilmann ^a   Hojsak, Iva ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Meta analysis; RCT; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CHILD; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAY CARE; DISEASE DURATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85046820522     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3167-1     Document Type: Review

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