Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Outpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Blaabjerg S, Artzi DM, Aabenhus R
Published in Antibiotics
Key Findings
Probiotics including S. boulardii reduced antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in outpatients, with a number needed to treat around 13.
Conclusions
Outpatient prophylaxis with probiotics is modestly effective.
Limitations
Strain heterogeneity; variable outcome definitions.
Supplements Studied
Probiotics including S. boulardii reduced antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in outpatients, with a number needed to treat around 13.
Probiotics including S. boulardii reduced antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in outpatients, with a number needed to treat around 13.
Outcomes Measured
Probiotics reduced antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in outpatients.
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