From: Systematic review of probiotics for the treatment of community-acquired acute diarrhea in children
Probiotic microorganism | Study arm by author | Percent difference | % Weight |
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Diarrhea duration | |||
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Canani [13] | -32.0* | 10.2 |
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Costa-Ribeiro [14] | -2.1 | 10.6 |
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Misra [16] | -9.5 | 18.0 |
L. bulgaricus & S. thermophilus | Boudraa [12] | -28.5§ | 9.6 |
Saccharomyces boulardii | Canani [13] | -9.1 | 9.4 |
Bacillus clausii | Canani [13] | 2.2 | 10.2 |
Enterococcus faecium | Canani [13] | 0.0 | 9.4 |
L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus, B. bifidum | Canani [13] | -39.4* | 9.9 |
L. acidophilus & Bifidobacteria infantis | Lee [15] | -13.9* | 8.6 |
Lactobacillus GG, L. acidophilus, L. casei, L. plantarum, Bifidobacterium infantis | Veereman-Wauters [17] | -7.5 | 4.0 |
Stool frequency (day 2) | |||
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Canani [13] | -20.0* | 12.8 |
Lactobacillus acidophilus | Rafeey [19] | 0.0 | 8.6 |
Saccharomyces boulardii | Canani [13] | 0.0 | 11.9 |
Saccharomyces boulardii | Cetina-Sauri [18] | -14.2§ | 14.0 |
Bacillus clausii | Canani [13] | 0.0 | 12.8 |
Enterococcus faecium | Canani [13] | 0.0 | 11.9 |
L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus, B. bifidum | Canani [13] | -20.0* | 12.5 |
L. acidophilus & Bifidobacteria infantis | Lee [15] | -48.6* | 10.8 |
Lactobacillus GG, L. acidophilus, L. casei, L. plantarum, Bifidobacterium infantis | Veereman-Wauters [17] | -16.7 | 4.7 |