Randomised placebo-controlled double blind multicentric trial on efficacy and safety of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 and Bifidobacterium BB-12 for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.
@article{Chatterjee2013RandomisedPD, title={Randomised placebo-controlled double blind multicentric trial on efficacy and safety of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 and Bifidobacterium BB-12 for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.}, author={Suparna Chatterjee and Premashis Kar and Tapas Das and Sayantan Ray and Satyabrata Gangulyt and Chinnaswamy Rajendiran and Monjori Mitra}, journal={The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India}, year={2013}, volume={61 10}, pages={ 708-12 } }
AIMS
To evaluate the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a probiotic formulation containing Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 and Bifidobacterium BB-12 in the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhoea (AAD. [] Key Method The effectiveness of a 14-day therapy (concomitant with antibiotic course and seven days thereafter) of the probiotic formulation in preventing AAD was evaluated.
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Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea in Adults
- MedicineJournal of clinical gastroenterology
- 2020
Using probiotics as early as possible during antibiotic therapy has a positive and safe effect on preventing AAD in adults, and further studies should focus on the optimal dosage and duration of probiotics to develop a specific recommendation.
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The results suggests that probiotic use may be beneficial in the prevention of AAD among outpatients and the use of probiotics appears safe.
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- 2016
The results emerging from the meta-analysis suggested that adjunct probiotic administration is associated with a reduced risk of AAD in adults but not in elderly people.
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- 2017
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Although adverse events have been reported for probiotics, these are broadly considered to be a safe and inexpensive preventative treatment option for AAD and other gastrointestinal disorders.
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- Medicine, Biology
- 2020
The clinical efficacy of probiotics depends on the probiotic strains included in their composition and is confirmed by a comparative analysis of the results of appropriate clinical studies.
The Science behind the Probiotic Strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12®
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