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Saccharomyces boulardii for the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Single-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Pietro Pozzoni, Alessia Riva, Alessandro Giacco Bellatorre, Maria Amigoni, Elena Redaelli, Anna Ronchetti, Mariangela Stefani, R. Tironi, E Molteni, Dario Conte,

The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2012 · 104 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

In elderly hospitalized patients, S. boulardii was not effective in preventing the development of AAD.

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Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Marc G. Besselink, Hjalmar C. van Santvoort, Erik Buskens et al. · The Lancet · 2008 · 1.3K citations

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A Comparison of Vancomycin and Metronidazole for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea, Stratified by Disease Severity

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Use of probiotic <i>Lactobacillus</i> preparation to prevent diarrhoea associated with antibiotics: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

Mary Hickson, Aloysius L D'Souza, Nirmala Muthu et al. · BMJ · 2007 · 584 citations · Full text