Probiotics and the gastrointestinal tract:Where are we in 2005?

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作者
IritChermesh [1 ]
RamiEliakim [1 ]
机构
[1] Gastroenterology Department Rambam Medical Center.Haifa.Israel
关键词
Probiotics; Inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s disease; Lactose intolerance; Antibiotic associated diarrhea; Rotavirus; Pseudomembranous colitis; Clostridium dificile; Irritable bowel syndrome; Toll like receptor 9;
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Probiotic agents are live microbes or components ofmicrobes that have a positive effect on the host.Theyexert their action through interplay with the immunesystem of the host.Some of this effect is local andsome is systemic.The full story is yet to be discovered.Probiotics have a definite positive effect on rotavirusdiarrhea,post antibiotic diarrhea and pouchitis.Theirexact role in inflammatory bowel disease,irritablebowel syndrome,other forms of infectious diarrhea,and prevention of cancer is yet to be determined.Thisreview summarizes the data about probiotics in theseconditions.
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页码:853 / 857
页数:5
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