Probiotics in prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhoea: meta-analysis

By A. L. D'Souza, C. Rajkumar, J. Cooke, C. Bulpitt. British medical journal, 2002

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Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition (2010, background): “These health aspects have been summarised in the literature (Marteau et al. 2001, 2002; Fuller 1992, 1997; Naidu et al. 1999; Tannock 1999; Nobaek et al. 2000; de Vrese et al. 2001; D’Sousa et al. 2002; Wullt et al. 2003; Yamano et al. 2006; Sanders et al. 2007).”
Meta-Analysis of Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea and the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Disease (2006, background): “Two meta-analyses done in 2002 presented results on only 11 trials and failed to discuss possible reasons for the conflicting findings and did not present detailed study information (16, 17).”
Probiotic use in clinical practice: what are the risks? (2006, background): “For example, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials has shown that many probiotics are effective in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea (6), including the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii and the bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus in combination with L.”