Saccharomyces boulardii and antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in children
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Effects of Saccharomyces boulardii in children with acute diarrhoea.
AIM Certain probiotic agents, e.g. Lactobacillus GG, have shown efficacy in clinical trials for the treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea, but few studies have examined the effect of Saccharomyces boulardii. We evaluated the effect of S. boulardii in children with acute diarrhoea. METHODS Two hundred children were randomized to receive S. boulardii in a granulated form in a daily dose of 250...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02498.x