Clinical efficacy of probiotics in prevention of infectious diseases among hospitalized patients in ICU and non-ICU wards in clinical randomized trials: A systematic review.
Atieh DarbandiMaryam BanarMaryam KoupaeiRoghayeh AfifiradParisa AsadollahiElnaz BafandehIraj RasooliAmir EmamieTahereh NavidifarParviz OwliaPublished in: Health science reports (2023)
This systematic review shows that the administration of probiotics has moderate preventive or mitigating effects on the occurrence of VAP in ICU patients, CDI, AAD, and nosocomial infections among children. Consequently, applying antibiotics along with the proper probiotic species can be advantageous.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- intensive care unit
- infectious diseases
- end stage renal disease
- mechanical ventilation
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- risk assessment
- meta analyses
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- randomized controlled trial
- high intensity
- escherichia coli
- staphylococcus aureus
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- multidrug resistant
- drug resistant