TY - JOUR T1 - A comparison between traditional yogurt and probiotic yogurt in non-inflammatory acute gastroenteritis JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 280 LP - 283 VL - 31 IS - 3 AU - Farhad Heydarian AU - Hamid R. Kianifar AU - Hamid Ahanchian AU - Ali Khakshure AU - Javad Seyedi AU - Davood Moshirian Y1 - 2010/03/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/31/3/280.abstract N2 - OBJECTIVE: To compare the traditional yogurt and probiotic yogurt in improving acute non-inflammatory gastroenteritis.METHODS: A double blinded case-control clinical trial, performed in 100 patients aged 6 months to 12 years of age from October 2008 to September 2009 in Ghaem and Dr. Sheikh Hospitals in Mashhad, Iran. The patients were assigned to the following groups: the case group received a probiotic yoghurt and the control group received the ordinary yogurt.RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences between the case and control groups in reducing frequency of diarrhea in the first (p=0.000), second (p=0.013), third (p=0.028), and fourth (p=0.022), therapy. Also, there was a significant difference (p=0.000) in discontinuation of diarrhea between the case and control groups.CONCLUSION: Acute non- inflammatory gastroenteritis improvement is accelerated by probiotic yogurt consumption. ER -