Probiotics may not be enough to prevent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in elderly hospitalized patients
23 Mar 2017by Paul Enck
A recent systematic review, led by Dr. Michelle DeCoux Hampton from the School of Nursing at Samuel Merritt University and UCSF Joana Briggs Institute Centre for Synthesis & Implementation, has found that probiotics’ effect is not better than placebo for reducing the incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in elderly hospitalized patients.