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SUBMITTER: Henker J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1802727 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Henker Jobst J Laass Martin M Blokhin Boris M BM Bolbot Yuriy K YK Maydannik Vitaliy G VG Elze Martina M Wolff Corinna C Schulze Jürgen J
European journal of pediatrics 20070208 4
In most cases, acute diarrhoea will become self-limiting during the first few days after onset. For young children, however, health risks may develop when the disease lasts longer than 3 days. The purpose of the present trial was to determine whether the stool frequency of infants and toddlers suffering from acute diarrhoea could be normalised more quickly by administering the probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) solution than by administering a placebo. The safety of EcN were also asses ...[more]