… To evaluate the effective dose of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) as probiotic in
acute watery diarrhea (AWD) in Indian children. … We initially conducted a randomized,
controlled trial to evaluate the effects of probiotics in AWD where patients were treated with
and without 60 million cells of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) twice daily mixed with
ORS. We failed to document any beneficial effects of probiotics in that study. Because the
dose of probiotics in our study was lower than most of the other studies who documented …

Aim: To evaluate the effective dose of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) as probiotic in
acute watery diarrhea (AWD) in Indian children. Setting: Hospital-based study. Design:
Randomized, controlled, blinded trial. Methods: All patients of AWD admitted over 1 year
were included in the study. They were randomized into 3 groups to receive either only oral
rehydration solution (ORS)(group A/control), ORS+ LGG powder containing 1010 colony
forming units (CFU)(group B), or ORS+ LGG powder containing 1012 CFU (group C) twice …