A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of lactobacillus GG in infantile diarrhea.

Sudipta Misra, Tapas K Sabui, Nishith K Pal

Journal: The Journal of pediatrics 2009;155(1):129-32

PMID: 19559297

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Abstract

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 229 infants hospitalized for acute diarrhea in rural India were given a 10-day course of Lactobacillus rhammosus GG (minimum dose, 10 degrees bacteria) or placebo. There was no difference in groups in the duration of diarrhea or numbers of stool on days 3, 6, or 10 of treatment.

Address: Department of Pediatrics, UIC College of Medicine at Peoria, Children's Medical Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.060

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MeSH Terms: Breast Feeding, Diarrhea, Infantile, Double-Blind Method, Escherichia coli, Female, Humans, India, Infant, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, Male, Probiotics, Prospective Studies, Rotavirus, Shigella flexneri