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10847433

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Bacteria are present throughout the gastrointestinal tract, but their pattern and concentration vary greatly. Probiotics are living organisms that supply beneficial health effects to the host. So far the beneficial effects of probiotics have been shown, almost exclusively, under poorly defined experimental conditions. There are little convincing data from well-designed, double-blind controlled trials supporting health-promoting effects. The use of probiotics to treat gastrointestinal infections has produced contrasting results. Apart from information on rotavirus infection in children, there is no convincing evidence from controlled studies on the efficacy of probiotics in the prevention or treatment of infective diarrhoea. However, experimental and clinical studies suggest that there are potential therapeutic roles for probiotics in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. This review focuses on the available data concerning the mechanisms of action of probiotics, and on the results from clinical studies using probiotics to treat infective diarrhoea and inflammatory bowel disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0815-9319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
489-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Probiotics in infective diarrhoea and inflammatory bowel diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy. paolo@med.unibo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review