Probiotics and Child Gastrointestinal Health : Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 10 / edited by Stefano Guandalini, Flavia Indrio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guandalini, Stefano, editor.

Indrio, Flavia, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, 2365-2675 ; 1125.

Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, 2365-2675 ; 1125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbiology.

Emerging infectious diseases.

Gastroenterology.

Medical Microbiology.

Infectious Diseases.

Local Subjects:

Medical Microbiology.

Infectious Diseases.

Microbiology.

Gastroenterology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 150 pages) : 9 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book shows the huge impact the gut microbiota has on the gastrointestinal health of humans with a particular focus on children. It also highlights the potential use of probiotic microorganisms to protect or improve children's gastrointestinal health. Humans are not single organisms: We are a multi-organism structure composed of ourselves and our microbiota, living in close symbiosis since birth and even before. The huge impact that the billons of microscopic cells living in our gut have on our gastrointestinal and systemic health cannot be overestimated. The enormous progress that has been made in the past decade in our still very incomplete understanding of the gut microbiota is opening the door to potential applications in human health that were simply unthinkable before. One of the most interesting aspects of this new scientific horizon is the fact that we may identify (or even create in the laboratory) and utilize many of these "friendly bacteria" to protect, or improve our health. Thus, strains of probiotic microorganisms are being identified and studied in a vast array of clinical scenarios. Among the most investigated areas for probiotics is the gastrointestinal health of children. The topics addressed in this book are spanning from the development of the gut microbiota in the fetus and newborn all the way to current and potential applications in disparate conditions such as necrotizing enterocolitis, or infectious, or inflammatory conditions affecting the child. The book is written in a rigorous, evidence based manner by an international group of outstanding experts in these fields and is aimed at pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatricians and physician scientists alike.

Contents:

From the contents: 1. The newborn

Microbiota development of newborns starts in utero

Pathogenesis and possible prevention of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Can post-biotics represent a new strategy for NEC? - 2. The Infant

Preventing and treating colics

Food Allergy prevention

Can celiac disease be prevented with probiotics? 3. The child

Fighting fatty liver with probiotics

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Acute Infectious Diarrhea

Functional GI disorders

Clostridium difficile colitis prevention and treatment.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-14636-8

9783030146368

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.