Einfach gesagt: The NIHR Health Technology Assessment monograph for this trial states: 'We found no evidence that probiotic administration was effective in preventing AAD.'
Allen SJ et al. · Lancet (2013)
- Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre trial in inpatients aged 65 and over (PubMed publication types: Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study)
- 2,981 patients across 5 UK NHS hospitals; antibiotic-associated diarrhoea occurred in 159/1470 (10.8%) on probiotic versus 153/1471 (10.4%) on placebo, relative risk 1.04 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.28), p=0.71 — as reported in the NIHR HTA monograph (NCBI Bookshelf NBK261330)
- The intervention is described there as two strains of lactobacilli and two strains of bifidobacteria at 6 x 10^10 organisms per day; the species are NOT named in the reachable report text, so whether L. acidophilus was among them is unconfirmed