Probiotics vs placebo
Probiotic probably leads to lower proportion of children with AOM: children not prone to AOM compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
- RR 0.64 [0.49, 0.84]11 studies · 2227 participantsModerate
Probiotic probably leads to lower proportion of children with AOM: children not prone to AOM compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
Probiotic showed no clear difference in proportion of children with AOM: children prone to AOM compared with placebo (high certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
Probiotic showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
Probiotic probably leads to lower difference in the use of antibiotics compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
Probiotic probably leads to lower difference in proportion of children with other infections compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
Ty21a vaccine (three doses) probably leads to lower cases of typhoid fever, Year 1 compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi polysaccharide vaccine (1 dose) showed no clear difference in fever compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi polysaccharide vaccine (1 dose) showed no clear difference in erythema compared with control (low certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) probably leads to lower incidence of typhoid fever – year 1 compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) probably leads to lower incidence of typhoid fever – year 2 compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) probably leads to higher fever after Vi‐rEPA (dose1) compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) probably leads to higher fever after Vi‐rEPA (dose2) compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) showed no clear difference in erythema after Vi‐rEPA (dose 2) compared with control (low certainty).
Vi‐rEPA vaccine (2 doses) probably leads to higher swelling at injection site after Vi‐rEPA (dose 2) compared with control (moderate certainty).
It is very uncertain whether vi‐TT conjugate vaccine (PedaTyph) (2 doses) changes incidence of typhoid fever – year 1 compared with control (very low certainty).
Ty21a vaccine (three doses) probably leads to lower cases of typhoid fever, Year 3 compared with control (moderate certainty).
Vi polysaccharide vaccine (1 dose) leads to lower incidence of typhoid fever – year 1 Blood culture compared with control (high certainty).