What is it about?
Public Health and Internal Medicine researchers
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Why is it important?
Probiotics may help to prevent infections in the elderly, helping to reduce costs and avoiding antibiotics prescriptions.
Perspectives
This is a study protocol of a Systematic review (SR). When concluded, this study may help to understand the role of probiotics in infection prevention in the aged. Probiotics are known to prevent infections in the childhood. However, clinical trials are controversial about their role in the elderly. This SR will help to find answers about its effectiveness.
Dr Patrick A Wachholz
Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho
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This page is a summary of: Effectiveness of probiotics for preventing infections in the elderly: Systematic review and meta‐analysis – study protocol, Nutrition Bulletin, August 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12149.
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