Lactobacillus reuteri UALre-16 and Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

• Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 for Treating Acute Gastroenteritis in Children. An Update

  • 2019-11-14
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 11(11)
  • • B. Patro-Gołąb
    • H. Szajewska

  • PubMed: 31739457
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu11112762

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence

  Compared with placebo or no treatment, L. reuteri reduced diarrhea duration (four RCTs, n = 347, mean difference, MD -0.87 days, 95% CI [-1.43, -0.31]).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Meta-analysis: Lactobacillus reuteri strain DSM 17938 (and the original strain ATCC 55730) for treating acute gastroenteritis in children.

  • 2014-09-01
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Beneficial Microbes 5(3)
  • • H. Szajewska
    • Magdalena Urbańska
    • A. Chmielewska
    • Zvi Weizman
    • R. Shamir

  • PubMed: 24463209
  • DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0056

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence

  Compared with placebo or no treatment, DSM 17938 significantly reduced the duration of diarrhoea (mean difference -32 h, 95% confidence interval (CI): -41 to -24)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes