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Probiotics for Prevention of Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2008
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) occurs in approximately 25% of patients receiving antibiotics. Hospitalized patients with AAD are at increased risk for nosocomial infections and have a higher mortality. Probiotics are living microorganisms used to restore gut health by changing the intestinal microbiota.
Shira Idit, Doron, Patricia L, Hibberd, Sherwood L, Gorbach   +2 more
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Probiotics: Preventing Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2010
Probiotics are live microorganisms that offer a health benefit to the host. Found typically in dietary supplements, probiotics can be safely used in the treatment of acute diarrheal disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
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[Antibiotic-associated diarrhea].

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, 2006
The incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) differs with the antibiotic and varies from 15 - 25 %. Most cases of AAD are directly or indirectly caused by alterations of gut microflora by the antibiotics resulting in clinically mild AAD cases due to functional disturbances of intestinal carbohydrate or bile acid metabolism.
O, Schröder, R, Gerhard, J, Stein
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Antibiotic-associated diarrhea treated with oral tetracycline

Gastroenterology, 1978
Three patients developed severe, incapacitating diarrhea after antibiotic administration. Presenting features included abdominal discomfort, hematochezia, and hypokalemia from voluminous diarrhea. Roetgenographic studies in 1 patient were normal and proctoscopic examinations in 2 patients failed to show antibiotic-associated colitis.
R, DeJesus, W W, Peternel
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Antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children

Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea remains one of the most common adverse events that occur during the course of antibiotic therapy. Despite the proven effectiveness of preventive administration and treatment with probiotics, there remains a high prevalence of pathology and a tendency to a more severe course of the disease. We evaluated 150 medical records
Irina Anatolievna Bavykina, Alexander Alexeyevich Zvyagin, Olga Alekseevna Mubarakshina   +2 more
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Probiotics for the prevention of pediatric antibiotic-associated diarrhea

2007
Antibiotics alter the microbial balance within the gastrointestinal tract. Probiotics may prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) via restoration of the gut microflora. Antibiotics are prescribed frequently in children and AAD is common in this population.To assess the efficacy and adverse effects of probiotics (any specified strain or dose) for ...
B C, Johnston, A L, Supina, M, Ospina, S, Vohra   +3 more
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Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile Diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is a common clinical problem occurring in up to 25% of patients, with diarrhea owing to Clostridium difficile accounting for up to a quarter of cases. The clinical and economic costs of antibiotic-associated diarrhea are significant and better treatments are needed.
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Microecologic approaches for traveler’s diarrhea, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and acute pediatric diarrhea

Current Gastroenterology Reports, 1999
Bacterial and viral diarrhea remain important causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Current concerns with medical costs, increasing frequency of antibiotic resistance, and overuse of antibiotics in general have redirected therapeutic approaches for diarrhea from traditional drugs to the use of living therapeutic organisms.
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Interactions between Lactobacilli and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

2004
Publisher Summary Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is probably the most common manifestation of normal microflora alteration caused by antimicrobial treatment. AAD may be divided into two types: uncomplicated or nonspecific AAD, and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrheas (CDAD).
Paul, Naaber, Marika, Mikelsaar
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[Antibiotic-associated diarrhea in the elderly].

La Revue de medecine interne, 2004
Most of the antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) cases result from a transient disturbance in the function of the normal intestinal flora and are spontaneously solved when discontinuing the antibacterial therapy. However, a mild diarrhea lasting several days may induce a dehydration or worsen a denutrition in frail elderly people.The incidence of AAD ...
G, Kaltenbach, D, Heitz
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