The comparition of the efficacy of two different probiotics in rotavirus gastroenteritis in children

Objectives. the aim of the study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of the probiotics-saccharomyces boulardii and bifidobacterium lactis-in children who had been diagnosed with rotavirus gastroenteritis. materials and methods. seventy five patients aged between 5 months-5 years diagnosed as rotavirus gastroenteritis were included in the study. the patients diagnosed as rotavirus gastroenteritis by latex agglutination test in stool were divided into 3 groups of twenty-five patients each: first group was given oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet with saccharomyces boulardii (spp. i-745),second group was given oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet with bifidobacterium lactis (spp. b94,culture number: n °118529) and third group received only oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet. results. the duration of diarrhea was shorter in the group given oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet with bifidobacterium lactis and saccharomyces boulardii than the group given only oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet. conclusion. bifidobacterium lactis has a complemental role in the treatment of rotavirus gatroenteritis and other probiotics may also have a beneficial effect in rotavirus gastroenteritis compared with the therapy included only oral rehydration therapy and rapid refeeding with a normal diet. © 2012 zlem erdoan et al.