The lack of therapeutic effect of Saccharomyces boulardii in the prevention of antibiotic-related diarrhoea in elderly patients

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Abstract
Diarrhoea is a common side effect of antibiotic therapy, especially in the elderly. Saccharomyces boulardii is a non-pathogenic yeast which has been demonstrated to reduce the frequency of diarrhoea in patients due to a variety of causes. We set out to assess its role in preventing antibiotic-relate …
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Authors Lewis SJ;Potts LF;Barry RE;;
Journal the journal of infection
Year 1998
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't female male aged 80 and over Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use diarrhea / prevention & control* feces / microbiology diarrhea / etiology enterotoxins / analysis anti-bacterial agents / adverse effects* probiotics / therapeutic use* pmid:9570649 doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80008-x s j lewis l f potts r e barry clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification saccharomyces*

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