Streptococcus thermophilus SEBiotic and Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

• A Randomized Formula Controlled Trial of Bifidobacterium lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus for Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Infants

  • 2005-05
  • RCT · n = 80
  • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 39(5)
  • • N. Corrêa
    • L. A. Péret Filho
    • F. J. Penna
    • Fátima M L S Lima
    • J. Nicoli

  • PubMed: 15815206
  • DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000159217.47419.5b

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  There was a significant difference in the incidence of AAD in the children receiving probiotic-supplemented formula (16%) than nonsupplemented formula (31%).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes