Are probiotics effective for treating infectious diarrhoea? Evidence Update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, February 2007

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2007
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from Allen SJ, Okoko B, Martinez E, Gregorio G, Dans LF. Probiotics for treating infectious diarrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4.

Probiotics shorten the length of illness in people with acute infectious diarrhoea.

Citation

Effective Health Care Alliance Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, pp.2

Are probiotics effective for treating infectious diarrhoea? Evidence Update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, February 2007

Published 1 January 2007
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