Probiotics and Respiratory Tract Diseases

Meuer, Stefan

doi:10.1159/000317350

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“…There is substantial heterogenity between these articles, but the results of the childhood studies are more consistent than those of adults because the methodology is more alike than that used on adults. Finally, the strain, the dose and duration of the probiotic bacteria administration might be the main explanation of these contradictory results, as it is very well known that the effects of probiotics on immune responses are species and strain specific [51,52].…”

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Probiotics for the prevention of pediatric upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review

Özen

Sandal

Dinleyici

2014

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

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Background & Objectives: acute upper respiratory infections (URI) are one of the most common infections in childhood. It is estimated children younger than 5, suffer from 4 to 8 episodes annually, andURI incidence is 2 million children all around the world. The aim of this review was to evaluate and summarized studies about relation between probiotic and upper respiratory tract infection in children. Material & Methods: The articles were identified by searching the Cochrane Library, PUBMED, Scopus and MEDLINE, IranMedex, Google Scholar, Ovid, Science Direct, Margiran, Scientific Information Database up to December 2014. We selected key words regard to MeSH Database (probiotic AND respiratory infection AND children). Results: Nine types of probiotics were used on 2261 children in these studies, included KB29,CRL-431,BB-12,TH-4,FOS, CRL431,DSM17938 ،Lactobacillus acidophilusand Bifidobacteriumbifidum. Only two studies reported the side effects of probiotics. Conclusion: these studies revealed that probiotic administration could reduce the duration of upper respiratory tract infection and decrease the loss of school days.

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confidence: 99%