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ArticleMateria socio-medica2016

Open Clinical Trial on Using Nifuroxazide Compared to Probiotics in Treating Acute Diarrhoeas in Adults.

Begler Begovic, Sead Ahmedtagic, Lejla Calkic, Midhat Vehabović, Sanela Bakić Kovacevic, Tarik Catic, Meliha Mehic

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Article in Materia socio-medica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Begler BegovicClinical Pharmacology, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo.
Sead AhmedtagicClinic for Infectious Diseases, University Clinical Center Tuzla.
Lejla CalkicService for Contagious Diseases and Unclear Febrile Conditions, Cantonal Hospital in Zenica.
Midhat VehabovićBosnalijek JSC, Sarajevo, Jukiceva 53, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sanela Bakić KovacevicBosnalijek JSC, Sarajevo, Jukiceva 53, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Tarik CaticBosnalijek JSC, Sarajevo, Jukiceva 53, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Meliha MehicBosnalijek JSC, Sarajevo, Jukiceva 53, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Verlab (Bosnia and Herzegovina) · BAUniversity of Sarajevo · BAUniversity of Zenica · BA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNifuroxazide is well known and often used anti-diarrhoeal medicine which has been pushed back from routine practice in recent years and often replaced with probiotics. Even probiotics are accepted and placed in some therapeutic guidelines for diarrhoea treatment, there are no enough evidence for its effectiveness and no comparative efficacy data with nifuroxazide in treatment of acute diarrhea. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn open, prospective observational study, the efficacy and safety of nifuroxazide were compared with a probiotic containing lactic acid bacteria in the treatment of acute diarrhoea. A total number of 169 adult patients were included in this study, who administered nifuroxazide in the dose of 200 mg/4 times a day, while they took preparation containing lactic acid bacteria (1,2 x 10

resultsMean time to last unformed stool (TLUS) in a group which was treated with nifuroxazide was two days, while it took five days for the stool normalisation in the group using probiotic (p=0.0001).

conclusionsOrally administered nifuroxazide has demonstrated better efficiency as compared to probiotic in treating acute diarrhoea, and both medicines have shown the same safety and tolerance in this study.

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Acute diarrhea in adultsNifuroxazideProbiotics

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PMCPMC5239654
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