Lactobacillus acidophilus UALa01 and Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Lactobacillus acidophilus for Treating Acute Gastroenteritis in Children

  • 2022-02-06
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 14(3)
  • • Haixin Cheng
    • Yi Ma
    • Xiaohui Liu
    • Chao Tian
    • Xuli Zhong
    • Libo Zhao

  • PubMed: 35277042
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu14030682

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence

  Compared with placebo or no treatment, Lactobacillus acidophilus was associated with a reduced duration of diarrhea (moderate quality of evidence), but the effect was not statistically significant when only the individual probiotic strain was provided.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  No