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Targeting the vaginal microbiota with probiotics as a means to counteract infections
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 10/27/2009
Reid G et al. – The mechanisms whereby certain probiotic lactobacilli improve urogenital health include immune modulation, pathogen displacement and creation of a niche less conducive to proliferation of ... Probiotics offer a potential new means to prevent urogenital infections and help maintain a healthy vaginal ecosystem. [more...]

Effect of probiotic supplementation on immunoglobulins, isoagglutinins and antibody response in children of low socio-economic status
European Journal of Nutrition, 10/21/2009
Pérez N et al. – Supplementation of standard fermented milk with additional probiotics was not of benefit. The high natural rate of early microbial exposure ... and children from a population of low socio–economic status living in a “less hygienic environment” may account for the absence of an additional immune–stimulating effect by supplementary probiotics. [more...]

Probiotics Have Clinical, Microbiologic, and Immunologic Efficacy in Acute Infectious Diarrhea
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 11/17/2009
Chen CC et al. – This probiotics mixture reduced the severity of diarrhea and length of hospital stay in children with acute diarrhea. In addition to restoring beneficial intestinal flora ... probiotics may enhance host protective immunity such as down–regulation of pro–inflammatory cytokines and up–regulation of anti–inflammatory cytokines. [more...]

A Feasibility Study of Probiotics Pretreatment as a Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy in Constipated Patients
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 10/22/2009
Kim YH et al. – Two weeks of probiotics pretreatment as part of bowel preparation significantly improves colonic mucosa visualization during colonoscopy and reduces preparation&ndash [more...]

Probiotics may reduce skin condition in some kids
Reuters, 10/12/2009
Treating pregnant mothers, and then their infants, with select strains of probiotics bacteria present naturally in the body and sometimes added to food or dietary supplements to boost immune function may help prevent a skin condition known as [more...]

Systematic review and meta-analysis of enteral nutrition formulations in acute pancreatitis
British Journal of Surgery, 10/22/2009
intolerance, infectious complications or death in patients with acute pancreatitis. Neither the supplementation of enteral nutrition with probiotics nor the use of immunonutrition significantly improves the clinical outcomes. [more...]

CD4+ T Cells and Lactobacillus casei Control Relapsing Colitis Mediated by CD8+ T Cells
Journal of Immunology, 10/22/2009
by controlling colitogenic effector/memory CD8+ T cells during the effector (symptomatic) phase of acute and relapsing colitis, respectively. Probiotics with natural adjuvant effects on mucosal regulatory T cells may represent a valuable approach to alleviate the colitogenic effect of Tc1–type [more...]

Prebiotics for irritable bowel syndrome
Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 10/16/2009
subjects’ global assessment of relief and quality of life. This study indicates that prebiotics, either on their own or in combination with a probiotic, deserve further study in IBS. [more...]

Milk Supplement Saves Preemies
Ivanhoe, 10/12/2009
Very low birth–weight newborns who received the milk protein lactoferrin alone or in combination with a probiotic had a reduced incidence of late–onset sepsis, according to a new study. [more...]

Bacterial vaginosis: an update on diagnosis and treatment
Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 11/12/2009
treatment with antibiotics, alternative treatments with antiseptics and disinfectants, vaginal–acidifying and –buffering agents, and probiotics hold some promise for long–term prevention. [more...]

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