An unsupported assertion that opiates worsen antibiotic diarrhea
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Antibiotic associated diarrhea in children.
CONTEXT Keeping in view the recent flooding of the Indian market with antibiotic and probiotic combinations, we decided to look at the prevalence of antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in children and reviewed evidence available for use of probiotics in the prevention of AAD. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We did a PubMed, Medline and Cochrane libary search fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(78)90728-x