Lactobacillus and Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

• Lactobacillus therapy for acute infectious diarrhea in children: a meta-analysis.

  • 2002-04-01
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Pediatrics 109(4)
  • • Cornelius W Van Niel
    • C. Feudtner
    • Michelle M. Garrison
    • D. Christakis

  • PubMed: 11927715
  • DOI: 10.1542/PEDS.109.4.678

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Summary point estimates indicate a reduction in diarrhea duration of 0.7 days (95% confidence interval: 0.3-1.2 days) in the participants who received Lactobacillus compared with those who received placebo.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes