Pediatria pre prax 1/2008

MICROFLORA OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND PROBIOTICS

The human microflora has a central role in health and disease, being unique in its complexity and range of function. In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the manipulation of intestinal microbs with probiotics for the prevention and treatment of the most diseases, especially of the gastrointestinal tract.

Keywords: microflora, probiotics, gastrointestinal diseases, antibiotics.