Probiotics and the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Infants and Children. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • CLINICAL QUESTION: In children prescribed an antibiotic, is the co-administration of a probiotic associated with lower rates of antibiotic-associated diarrhea without an increase in clinically important adverse events? BOTTOM LINE: Moderate-quality evidence suggests that probiotics are associated with lower rates of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children (aged 1 month to 18 years) without an increase in adverse events.

published proceedings

  • JAMA

altmetric score

  • 60.9

author list (cited authors)

  • Johnston, B. C., Goldenberg, J. Z., & Parkin, P. C.

citation count

  • 30

complete list of authors

  • Johnston, Bradley C||Goldenberg, Joshua Z||Parkin, Patricia C

publication date

  • October 2016