title: Probiotics and the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Infants and Children.
abstract: In children prescribed an antibiotic, is the co-administration of a probiotic associated with lower rates of antibiotic-associated diarrhea without an increase in clinically important adverse events?
  
  
  
  Moderate-quality evidence suggests that probiotics are associated with lower rates of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children (aged 1 month to 18 years) without an increase in adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Systematic Overviews through advancing Research Technology, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Prevention Lab, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Bradley C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Bastyr University Research Institute, Kenmore, Washington.
authors.forename: Joshua Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada5Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Parkin
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019936:Probiotics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents