Lactobacillus reuteri and Reduced Infection Duration

• The influence of probiotics on gastrointestinal tract infections among children attending childcare: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2022-03-01
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of applied microbiology 132(3)
  • • Hafiz H Ahmad
    • Blake Peck
    • Daniel Terry

  • PubMed: 34796583
  • DOI: 10.1111/jam.15374

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Infection Duration

  • High evidence
  • Mixed

  Lacticaseibacillus paracasei, Limosilactobacillus reuteri and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG being specifically potent probiotic strains in reducing GITI episode, duration of infection and absence from childcare respectively

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes