Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Michail, Sonia. (Editor), Sherman, Philip M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Nutrition and Health Series
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nutrition.; Family medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Personal health and hygiene.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Nutrition.; General Practice / Family Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-289-6

Since the turn of the century, many scientists and investigators have diligently designed and performed experiments and trials to prove or disprove the power of probiotics. A great number of probiotic products in various shapes and forms have become available to the consumer and more than ever clini...

Table of Contents:

• Basics of GI Physiology and Mucosal Immunology
• What Pediatricians Need To Know About the Analysis of the Gut Microbiota
• Role of Microflora in Disease
• Probiotics 10
• Mechanisms of Probiotic Regulation of Host Homeostasis
• Safety Issues of Probiotic Ingestion
• Neonatal and Infant Microflora
• Probiotics in Infant Dietetics
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis  The Role of Probiotics in Prevention
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diarrhoea in Children
• Probiotics in Crohns Disease
• Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis
• Pouchitis
• Probiotics in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium Difficile Infection
• Probiotics in the Immunocompromised Host
• Role of Probiotics in the Management of Helicobacter Pylori Infection
• Probiotics in Treatment and/or Prevention of Allergies
• The Impact of Probiotics on Maternal and Child Health: Clinical Evidence
• Probiotics In Foods And Supplements
• The Application Of Prebiotics And Synbiotics In Pediatrics
• The Future of Probiotic
• The Quality Control of Probiotics in Food and Dietary Supplements.