Probiotics
What will be an ideal response?
•Definition: a preparation of living, defined organisms that alters community associated with a host and confers a health benefit.
•Increasing evidence probiotics can be helpful in preventing disease.
-Lactobacillus GG reduces incidence of diarrhea and speeds recovery.
•Typically have transient effects - don't establish as residents.
-May play a particularly important role following antibiotic treatment by altering community susceptibility to secondary infections.
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