ArticleInfection and drug resistance2016
Probiotics improve the efficacy of standard triple therapy in the eradication of
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of probiotics supplementation on Helicobacter pylori standard treatment: an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Management of Refractory Helicobacter pylori Infection: Expert Review.Gastroenterology · 2021Guideline
- Efficacy and safety of probiotics in eradicating Helicobacter pylori: A network meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Probiotics for preventing postoperative infection in colorectal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms - an updated evidence-based international consensus.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2018Pooled it
- The Effects of Synbiotic "Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2017Trial
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- Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Probiotic Strains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Probiotics as Adjuvants to StandardMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- Overcoming antibiotic-resistantWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- The efficacy and safety ofTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Application of biomaterials in the eradication ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- The impacts of probiotics in eradication therapy of Helicobacter pylori.Archives of microbiology · 2022Review
- Antimicrobial Efficacy of Five Probiotic Strains Against Helicobacter pylori.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Oxygen Enrichment Eradicates Helicobacter pyloriAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2020Article
- Gastrointestinal cancers: the role of microbiota in carcinogenesis and the role of probiotics and microbiota in anti-cancer therapy efficacy.Central-European journal of immunology · 2020Review
- Probiotics in health and disease: fooling Mother Nature?Infection · 2019Review
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- Association between Probiotic Yogurt Intake and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
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methodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted using PubMed, Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, and Google Scholar (time of inception to 2016) to identify all published randomized control trials (RCTs) assessing the use of probiotics in addition to triple therapy for the treatment of
resultsA total of 30 RCTs involving 4,302 patients APP and 4,515 patients ITT were analyzed. The addition of probiotics significantly increased eradication rates by 12.2% (relative risk [RR] =1.122; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.091-1.153;
conclusionThe addition of probiotics is associated with improved
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