saccharomyces boulardii and Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

• Systematic review and meta-analysis of Saccharomyces boulardii in adult patients.

  • 2010-08-20
  • Meta-Analysis
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology 16(18)
  • • L. Mcfarland

  • PubMed: 20458757
  • DOI: 10.3748/WJG.V16.I18.2202

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  • Reduced Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  A meta-analysis found a significant therapeutic efficacy for S. boulardii in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) (RR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.35-0.63, P < 0.001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes