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=== Diarrhea === Some probiotics are suggested as a possible treatment for various forms of [[gastroenteritis]].<ref name="MMWR2003">{{Cite journal |vauthors=King CK, Glass R, Bresee JS, Duggan C |date=November 2003 |title=Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5216a1.htm |url-status=live |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=52 |issue=RRβ16 |pages=1β16 |pmid=14627948 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028174056/http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5216a1.htm |archive-date=2014-10-28 |access-date=2017-09-08}}</ref> As a treatment for infectious diarrhea, probiotics are of no benefit to people who have the condition for more than two days, and there is no evidence they lessen the duration of diarrhea overall.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Collinson S, Deans A, Padua-Zamora A, Gregorio GV, Li C, Dans LF, Allen SJ |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhea |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume=2020 |issue=12 |pages=CD003048 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD003048.pub4 |pmc=8166250 |pmid=33295643}}</ref>
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