Probiotics to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Receiving Antibiotics. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • CLINICAL QUESTION: In adults and children prescribed antibiotics, is co-administration of a probiotic associated with a lower risk of symptomatic Clostridium difficile infection without an increase in adverse events? BOTTOM LINE: Moderate-quality evidence suggests that probiotics are associated with a lower risk of C difficile infection and very low-quality evidence suggests that probiotics are associated with fewer adverse events vs placebo or no treatment.

published proceedings

  • JAMA

altmetric score

  • 133.75

author list (cited authors)

  • Goldenberg, J. Z., Mertz, D., & Johnston, B. C.

citation count

  • 51

complete list of authors

  • Goldenberg, Joshua Z||Mertz, Dominik||Johnston, Bradley C

publication date

  • August 2018