Table 3. Average duration of respiratory infections based on study groups in subjects.

	Study group
Duration of exposure respiratory infections(day)	Probiotic	Control	p
	n=23 ‏(Mean±SD‏)	n=23 ‏(Mean±SD‏)
Rhinitis (day)	3.2±2.5	4.3±3.0	0.268
Fever (day)	0.5±0.7	1.0±0.9	0.152
Sore throat (day)	0.8±0.9	1.8±1.7	0.08
Cough (day)	2.0±2.4	2.9±3.3	0.348
Dyspnea (day)	2.4±2.6	4.4±2.8	0.024
Ear pain (day)	0.5±0.9	1.6±1.7	0.008