| role of probiotic in preventing acute diarrhoea in children: a community-based, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled field trial in an urban slum. | summaryacute diarrhoea remains a major public health challenge in developing countries. we examined the role of a probiotic in the prevention of acute diarrhoea to discover if there was an effect directed towards a specific aetiology. a double-blind, randomized, controlled field trial involving 3758 children aged 1-5 years was conducted in an urban slum community in kolkata, india. participants were given either a probiotic drink containing lactobacillus casei strain shirota or a nutrient drink ... | 2011 | 20670468 |