Suggested beneficial effects of probiotics in infants and children include:

Infectious diarrhoea	Confirmed
Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea	Confirmed preventative effect Unconfirmed therapeutic effect
Lactose intolerance	Confirmed effect
Inflammatory bowel disease	Possible effect
Allergy	Possible preventative effect Possible therapeutic effect

Certain probiotic Lactobacilli are clinically documented and the safety of these strains have been verified, even in infants.

They represent an interesting potential for the prevention and treatment of immunologically mediated disorders such as allergy and autoimmunity. This is in addition to the already elucidated benefits, which include prevention and treatment of infectious diarrhoea, antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and lactose intolerance.

Prof. Bengt Björkstén MD, PhD
Prof.em. of Paediatrics and Allergy prevention
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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