Randomised controlled clinical trial of Lactobacillus sporogenes (Bacillus coagulans), used as probiotic in clinical practice, on acute watery diarrhoea in children.
- 2011-02-20
- RCT
- Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 16(5)
- Phalguni Dutta
- Utpala Mitra
- Shanta Dutta
- Krishnan Rajendran
- Tushar Kanti Saha
- Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee
- PubMed: 21332891
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02745.x
- High evidence
- Infants
Differences in recovery rate (P=0.2), duration (P=0.5), frequency (P=0.05), volume (P=0.1) of diarrhoea, intake of ORS (P=0.2) and other fluids (P=0.1) were not significant between both groups.
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- not stated