Primary Research · 2013

Meta-analysis: Lactobacillus GG for treating acute gastroenteritis in children

Szajewska et al. · Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2013

Key finding

LGG reduced diarrhea duration by roughly 25 hours in pediatric gastroenteritis across multiple RCTs.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17521331/

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