Open AccessA Randomized Clinical Trial Measuring the Influence of Kefir on Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
Author(s) -
Daniel Merenstein,
Jenny Foster,
Frank d'Amico
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.119
Subject(s) - medicine , diarrhea , placebo , antibiotic associated diarrhea , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , confidence interval , relative risk , incidence (geometry) , clinical trial , pediatrics , alternative medicine , biology , physics , optics , pathology , clostridium difficile , microbiology and biotechnology
To examine the role of commercially available kefir, a fermented milk similar to yogurt but containing different fermentation microbes, in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Probiotics have shown some promise in preventing AAD.
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