ARTICLE A randomized trial evaluating virus-specific effects of a combination probiotic in children with acute gastroenteritis Stephen B. Freedman 1? , Jianling Xie 1 , Alberto Nettel-Aguirre 1 , Xiao-Li Pang 2 , Linda Chui 2 , Sarah Williamson-Urquhart 1 , David Schnadower 3 , Suzanne Schuh 4 , Philip M. Sherman 4 , Bonita E. Lee 2 , Serge Gouin 5 , Ken J. Farion 6 , Naveen Poonai 7 , Katrina F. Hurley 8 , Yuanyuan Qiu 2 , Binal Ghandi 2 , Colin Lloyd 2 & Yaron Finkelstein 4 , the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Probiotic (PERC) Regimen for Outpatient Gastroenteritis Utility of Treatment (PROGUT) Trial Group* Gastroenteritis accounts for nearly 500,000 deaths in children younger than 5 years annually. Although probiotics have been touted as having the potential to expedite diarrhea re

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