Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

• A practical guide for probiotics applied to the case of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in The Netherlands.

  • 2018-08-06
  • Meta-Analysis
  • BMC gastroenterology 18(1)
  • • Valeria Agamennone
    • Cyrille A M Krul
    • Ger Rijkers
    • Remco Kort

  • PubMed: 30078376
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12876-018-0831-x

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

  • High evidence

  The results indicate a total of seven single or multiple-strain formulations favoring the probiotic treatment group, with the strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG being the most effective [relative risk ratio of probiotic versus placebo 0.30 (95% CI 0.16-0.5)].

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes