The pooled estimate of efficacy of lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and other probiotics significantly reduced the duration of diarrhea .
In conclusion , probiotics exert positive effect in reducing the duration of acute rotavirus diarrhea  compared with control
BACKGROUND Probiotic therapies with different strains demonstrated some beneficial effects , although some studies did not show any significant effects .
This study assessed systematic ally the current knowledge on the effect of probiotic bacteria on duration of  acute rotavirus diarrhea in children compared with control .
Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in Aboriginal Children With Acute Diarrhoeal Disease: A Randomised Clinical Trial
Objective : The effectiveness of probiotic therapy for acute rotavirus infectious diarrhoea in an indigenous setting with bacterial/parasitic diarrhoea is unclear . In the present study , we assessed the efficacy of probiotics in Australian Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory admitted to hospital with diarrhoeal disease . Patients and Methods : A r and omised double-blind placebo-controlled study was conducted in Aboriginal children ( ages 4 months–2 years ) , admitted to hospital with acute diarrhoeal disease ( > 3 loose stools per day ) . Children received either oral Lactobacillus GG ( 5 × 109 colony-forming units 3 times per day for 3 days ; n = 33 ) or placebo ( n = 31 ) . Small intestinal functional capacity was assessed by the noninvasive 13C-sucrose breath test on days 1 and 4 . Results : Both groups showed mean improvement in the sucrose breath test after 4 days ; however , there was no difference ( mean , 95 % confidence interval ) between probiotic ( 2.9 [ cumulative percentage of dose recovered at 90 minutes ] ; 1.7–4.2 ) and placebo ( 3.7 ; 2.3–5.2 ) groups . Probiotics did not change the duration of diarrhoea , total diarrhoea stools , or diarrhoea score compared with placebo . There was a significant ( P < 0.05 ) difference in diarrhoea frequency on day 2 between probiotics ( 3.3 [ loose stools ] ; 2.5–4.3 ) and placebo ( 4.7 ; 3.8–5.7 ) groups . Conclusions : Lactobacillus GG did not appear to enhance short-term recovery following acute diarrhoeal illness in this setting
The pooled estimate of efficacy of lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and other probiotics significantly reduced the duration of diarrhea .
In conclusion , probiotics exert positive effect in reducing the duration of acute rotavirus diarrhea  compared with control
BACKGROUND Probiotic therapies with different strains demonstrated some beneficial effects , although some studies did not show any significant effects .
This study assessed systematic ally the current knowledge on the effect of probiotic bacteria on duration of  acute rotavirus diarrhea in children compared with control .