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Shira Doron
Researcher at Tufts Medical Center
Publications - 90
Citations - 2264
Shira Doron is an academic researcher from Tufts Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 60 publications receiving 1789 citations. Previous affiliations of Shira Doron include Tufts University.
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Risk and safety of probiotics.
Shira Doron,David R. Snydman +1 more
TL;DR: Critics point out that the preponderance of evidence, including the long history of safe probiotic use as well as data from clinical trials, and animal and in vitro studies all support the assumption that probiotics are generally safe for most populations.
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SYMPOSIUM ON ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPYAntimicrobial Stewardship
Shira Doron,Lisa Davidson +1 more
TL;DR: The why, what, who, how, when, and where of antimicrobial stewardship are described, and a plan for implementation of a stewardship program is outlined.
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Lactobacillus GG: Bacteriology and Clinical Applications
TL;DR: Data suggest that LGG may be useful for treatment and prevention of atopic disease and for prevention of infections acquired in daycare, traveler's diarrhea, and dental caries.
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Probiotics: their role in the treatment and prevention of disease.
Shira Doron,Sherwood L. Gorbach +1 more
TL;DR: The strongest evidence for the clinical effectiveness of probiotics has been in their use for the prevention of symptoms of lactose intolerance, treatment of acute diarrhea, attenuation of antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal side effects and the prevention and treatment of allergy manifestations.
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Probiotics for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
TL;DR: Probiotics are generally safe, however, they should be used with caution in patients who have compromise of either the immune system or the integrity of the intestinal mucosa, and in the presence of a central venous catheter.