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 101; 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 Diarrhea in Children; Probiotics in Crohn's Disease; Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis; Pouchitis
Summary
Offers clinicians a tool to understand the evidence for the role of probiotics in various pediatric disorders related to the gastrointestinal as well as the extra-intestinal tract. This book provides evidence-based up-to-date information from world experts in their fields to help clinicians make decisions regarding the use of probiotics
