Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Reduced Hospitalization for Acute Gastroenteritis

• Use of Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in paediatric gastrointestinal disorders: an updated review.

  • 2022-08-03
  • Review
  • Beneficial Microbes 13(3)
  • • V. Dargenio
    • F. Cristofori
    • C. Dargenio
    • P. Giordano
    • F. Indrio
    • G. Celano
    • R. Francavilla

  • PubMed: 35212258
  • DOI: 10.3920/BM2021.0151

  19 Insights on

  • Reduced Hospitalization for Acute Gastroenteritis

  • Low evidence

  This strain can decrease the duration of acute diarrhoea and hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis but does not seem to prevent nosocomial diarrhoea and antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate