Accounting for between-study heterogeneity showed that there is considerable uncertainty regarding the apparently large efficacy estimate associated with probiotic treatment in preventing-associated diarrhea. Most studies to date have been carried out in populations with a low risk of -associated diarrhea, such that the evidence is inconclusive and inadequate to support a policy concerning routine use of probiotics in to prevent this condition.
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