EFFECT OF PROBIOTIC WITH LACTOBACILLUS IN CHILDREN WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVING ANTIBACTERIAL THERAPY

Abstract

For specification incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children under 3 years and older treated with antibiotics, used the method of open prospective comparative clinical study. 170 patients (the basic group — 105 patients receiving probiotic with Lactobacillus, the control group — 65 patients) aged from 3 months to 15 years with acute infectious diseases receiving antibacterial therapy for not less than 3 days and examined in hospital conditions were included in the study. As a result the rate of antibiotics-associated diarrhea in children constitued 85% in children younger than 3 years and 25% in children of higher age. Preventive application of probiotic with Lactobacillus allows to decrease the rate of occurrence of antibiotics-associated diarrhea in children as well as the duration of diarrhea syndrome.

Keywords

• антибиотико-ассоциированная диарея
• лактосодержащий пробиотик
• дети