Do probiotics prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhoea? Results of a multicentre randomized placebo-controlled trial
Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Mark Wilks, Jasmin Islam, Khalid Ali, James Raftery, Kevin Davies, Jean Timeyin, Elizabeth Cheek, Jon R. Cohen, Jenny Wright, U Natarajan, C. Nicholl, Graeme Dewhurst, M.M.D. Fonseka, D. Slovick, Perry Maskell, Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee, Khalid Ali, R. Nari, A. Qureshi, D J Gertner, Z. U. Khan, Naval Shinh, Christine Bodmer, C. Martin-Marero, Andrew Poullis, Richard Pollok, Aftab Ala, Anoop Chauhan, Mehool Patel, Hannah Roberts, Simon Conroy, D.G. McGowan, R. Pathansali, C. Y. Yau, Evangelos Vasileiadis, Achyut Guleri, David Orr, David Aldulami
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MedicineRandomized controlled trialInternal medicinePlaceboIncidence (geometry)Antibiotic StewardshipOdds ratioProbioticConfidence intervalAntibiotic-associated diarrheaPopulationAntibioticsPlacebo-controlled studyClostridium difficileDouble blindAntibiotic resistanceBiologyBacteriaGeneticsMicrobiologyPhysicsEnvironmental healthAlternative medicineOpticsPathologyProbiotics and Fermented FoodsClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchGastrointestinal motility and disorders