Lactobacillus reuteri and Reduced Duration of 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 Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The mean (SD) duration of watery diarrhea after treatment was 1.7 (1.6) days in the L. reuteri group and 2.9 (2.3) days in the placebo group (p = 0.07).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  10(10) to 10(11) colony-forming units daily