Lactobacillus acidophilus and Reduced Diarrhea Rate

• 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

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Diarrhea Rate

  • High evidence

  Lactobacillus acidophilus reduced the frequency of diarrhea on day 2 to day 5. However, it was statistically significant on day 3.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  not specified (overall)