Effects of a New Prebiotic Mixture on Faecal Gut Microbiota and the Mucosal Immune System in Healthy Infants

Abstract

Background and aims:It has recently been shown that a specific mixture of neutral (scGOS/lcFOS) and acidic oligosaccharides (pAOS) can prevent the onset of atopic dermatitis (AD) in healthy infants (Gruber et al., 2010). The intestinal microbiota plays a crucial role in the maturation of the gut, therefore we investigated the effect of this mixture on gut microbiota parameters and faecal SIgA.