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Probiotic Studies in Neonatal Mice Using Gavage
Published on: January 27, 2019
Use of probiotics in pediatric infectious diseases
Carlo Caffarelli1, Fabio Cardinale2, Carlotta Povesi-Dascola3
1a Clinica Pediatrica, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale , Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma, Università di Parma , Parma , Italy.
Abstract:
We summarize current evidence and recommendations for the use of probiotics in childhood infectious diseases. Probiotics may be of benefit in treating acute infectious diarrhea and reducing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Potential benefits of probiotic on prevention of traveler's diarrhea,Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, side effects of triple therapy in Helicobacter pylori eradication, necrotizing enterocolitis, acute diarrhea, acute respiratory infections and recurrent urinary tract infections remain unclear. More studies are needed to investigate optimal strain, dosage, bioavailability of drops and tablets, duration of treatment and safety. Probiotics and recombinant probiotic strain represent a promising source of molecules for the development of novel anti-infectious therapy.
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