Can probiotics prevent diarrhea from antibiotics for pneumonia?
Part of Infections, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial tests if taking probiotics can help prevent diarrhea caused by antibiotics in adults hospitalized for pneumonia. It may help you avoid a common side effect of antibiotic treatment.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 19 years old or older.
- You have been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia that you caught in the community.
- You are able to take pills or liquid by mouth or through a feeding tube.
- You do not have sepsis (a severe bloodstream infection).
- You are not in the intensive care unit (ICU) on a breathing tube.
- You do not have diarrhea when you are admitted.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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