date:May 11, 2012
r treating antibiotic-associated diarrhoea,said study co-author Sydne Newberry also of RAND.
However, more work is needed to determine which types of probiotics work best, which patients are most likely to benefit from probiotics and whether there are any risks in using them.
Study details
Hempel and her colleagues reviewed data from 11,811 participants in 63 randomised, controlled trials (RCTs) assessing AAD and probiotics defined asLactobacillus,Bifidobacterium,Saccharomyces,Streptococcus