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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of probiotic yogurt in acute watery diarrhea in children. The investigators will compare the effect of two different probiotics products.
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Background: Acute Gastroenteritis is one of the most and frequent disease in the childhood, considering the advances in treatment, Lactobacillus Rahmnosus has being well described as a probiotic who reduces the number of days of hospitalization and also de the severity.
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of the probiotic yogurt in the treatment of children who are between 10 months and 3 years old with acute non-dysenteric diarrhea.
Methods: A randomized clinical trial, controlled, double-blind. The investigators will have two groups of patients : One group will receive Lactobacillus Rahmnosus in a yogurt presentation and the other one will receive Sacharomyces boulardii in a lyophilized form ; the parameters of evaluation are going to be the number of diarrhea stools by day, number of vomiting episodes, hours with fever, nutritional and immunization state.
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54 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group
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