Probiotics vs placebo or no treatment
Number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics probably leads to lower number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Probiotics for preventing acute upper respiratory tract infections 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.58 [0.42, 0.81]6 studies · 1548 participantsModerate