Probiotics and Child Gastrointestinal Health Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 10 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Guandalini, Stefano (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Indrio, Flavia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, 1125
• Subjects: Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Gastroenterology .; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Gastroenterology.

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...

Table of 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.