Lactobacillus reuteri UALre-16 and Reduced Incidence of Watery Diarrhea

• Lactobacillus reuteri as a therapeutic agent in acute diarrhea in young children.

  • 1997-04
  • RCT · n = 40
  • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 24(4)
  • • Aino-Vieno Shornikova
    • I. Casas
    • E. Isolauri
    • H. Mykkänen
    • T. Vesikari

  • PubMed: 9144122
  • DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199704000-00008

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  • Reduced Incidence of Watery Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  On the second day of treatment only 26% of patients receiving L. reuteri had watery diarrhea, compared with 81% of those receiving placebo (p = 0.0005).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes