Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine

A. Probiotics: The Basics

1. Basics of GI Physiology and Mucosal Immunology
Alessio Fasano, Terez Shea-Donohue

2. What Pediatricians Need to Know about the Analysis of the Gut Microbiota
Gerald W. Tannock

3. Role of Microflora in Disease
Salvatore Cucchiara, Marina Aloi

4. Probiotics 101
Samuli Rautava, W. Allan Walker

5. Mechanisms of Probiotic Regulation of Host Homeostasis
Fang Yan, D. Brent Polk

6. Safety Issues of Probiotic Ingestion
David R. Mack

B. Probiotics and Infants

7. Neonatal and Infant Microflora
Josef Neu

8. Probiotics in Infant Dietetics
Carlo Agostoni, Filippo Salvini

9. Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Role of Probiotics in Prevention
Zvi Weizman

C. Probiotics and the Gut

10. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Sonia Michail

11. The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diarrhea in Children
Shafiqul A. Sarker, George J. Fuchs

12. Probiotics in Crohn's Disease
Esi S. N. Lamousé-Smith, Athos Bousvaros

13. Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis
Richard N. Fedorak

14. Pouchitis
Paolo Gionchetti

15. Probiotics in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile Infection
Hania Szajewska

16. Probiotics and the Immunocompromised Host
Yuliya Rekhtman, Stuart S. Kaufman

17. Role of Probiotics in the Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Philip M. Sherman, Kathene C. Johnson-Henry

D. Probiotics Outside the Gut

18. Probiotics in Treatment and/or Prevention of Allergies
R. Fölster-Holst, B. Offick, E. Proksch, J. Schrezenmeir

19. The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Asthma
Michael D. Cabana

20. The Impact of Probiotics on Maternal and Child Health: Clinical Evidence
Kingsley C. Anukam, Gregor Reid

E. Probiotics Products

21. Probiotics in Foods and Supplements
Steven J Czinn, Samra Sarigol Blanchard

22. The Application of Prebiotics and Synbiotics in Pediatrics
Laure Catherine Roger, Anne Liza McCartney

23. The Future of Probiotics
Eamonn MM Quigley

F. Probiotic Future

24. The Quality Control of Probiotics in Food and Dietary Supplements
Sheryl H. Berman

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, General Practice / Family Medicine