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Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoea

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Information

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003048.pub3Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 10 November 2010see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Classified:
  1. Update pending

    Authors currently updating

    The update is due to be published in 2019.

    Assessed: 22 March 2019

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2019 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Stephen J Allen

    Correspondence to: School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK

    [email protected]

  • Elizabeth G Martinez

    Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

  • Germana V Gregorio

    Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

  • Leonila F Dans

    Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Contributions of authors

Stephen Allen and Leonila Dans identified articles for inclusion in the review. Leonila Dans, Elizabeth Martinez, and Germana Gregorio assessed study quality, and Leonila Dans settled any disagreements. Stephen Allen extracted data. Stephen Allen took the main responsibility for analysis and writing the review. All reviewers contributed to the final version.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Swansea School of Medicine, UK.

External sources

  • Cochrane Infectious Disease Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.

Declarations of interest

Stephen Allen is participating in ongoing research studies of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria provided by Cultech Ltd, UK, in the prevention of atopic disorders in infants and antibiotic‐associated diarrhoea in older people. In previous research, Scientific Hospital Supplies, UK, and Valio Ltd, Finland, have provided L. casei strain GG and also supported his attendance at a training workshop. Elizabeth Martinez is a Medical Manager for United Laboratories Inc., Philippines.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr Brown Okoko, Sam Parker and Stephanie Allen for help with data extraction.

The authors would like to dedicate this review to the memory of Dr Brown Okoko, an author on the previous version of this review, who died unexpectedly in 2008.

Version history

Published

Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2020 Dec 08

Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoea

Review

Shelui Collinson, Andrew Deans, April Padua-Zamora, Germana V Gregorio, Chao Li, Leonila F Dans, Stephen J Allen

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003048.pub4

2010 Nov 10

Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoea

Review

Stephen J Allen, Elizabeth G Martinez, Germana V Gregorio, Leonila F Dans

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003048.pub3

2003 Oct 20

Probiotics for treating infectious diarrhoea

Review

Stephen J Allen, B Okoko, Elizabeth G Martinez, Germana V Gregorio, Leonila F Dans

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003048.pub2

2000 Oct 17

Probiotics for treating infectious diarrhoea

Protocol

Stephen J Allen, B Okoko, E Martinez, G Gregorio, L F Dans

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003048

Differences between protocol and review

The following secondary outcomes have been removed as they were either uncommon or not reported: need for unscheduled intravenous (IV) rehydration after randomization; deaths; adverse events, such as vomiting; withdrawal from study.

Notes

This review is a substantial update of the original version, first published in 2003 (Allen 2003).

PICOs

Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome

The PICO model is widely used and taught in evidence-based health care as a strategy for formulating questions and search strategies and for characterizing clinical studies or meta-analyses. PICO stands for four different potential components of a clinical question: Patient, Population or Problem; Intervention; Comparison; Outcome.

See more on using PICO in the Cochrane Handbook.