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Absence of Efficacy Of Nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus for the Prevention of Traveler's Diarrhea: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study
Author(s) -
Valérie Briand,
Pierre Buffet,
Sabine Genty,
Karine Lacombe,
N. Godineau,
Joshua A. Salomon,
E. Vandemelbrouck,
Pascal Ralaimazava,
C. Goujon,
Sophie Matheron,
Arnaud Fontanet,
Olivier Bouchaud
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/508178
Subject(s) - medicine , traveler's diarrhea , diarrhea , placebo , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , lactobacillus acidophilus , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , intention to treat analysis , adverse effect , surgery , pediatrics , probiotic , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics , physics , optics
Diarrhea is the most common illness associated with international tourism. We evaluated the efficacy of a probiotic preparation of nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus (hereafter referred to as LA) for the prevention of traveler's diarrhea.

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