Background Consistent guidance for choosing an appropriate probiotic for the treatment of
irritable bowel syndrome is lacking. Methods Literature databases searched included …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common and troublesome disorder in children with an
increasing prevalence noted during the past two decades. It has a significant effect on the …

Background: Probiotics, defined as live microorganisms that, when administered in
adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, are widely used despite uncertainty …

Background This is an update of the original Cochrane review, last published in 2009
(Huertas‐Ceballos 2009). Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), including children with irritable …

Recent studies have highlighted the fact that the enteric microbiome, the trillions of microbes
that inhabit the human digestive tract, has a significant effect on health and disease …

Background: While the literature indicates that probiotics are effective for the treatment or
prevention of several conditions, data in children specifically focusing on individual probiotic …

During the last decade several paediatric studies have been published with different
possible indications for probiotics, leading to a global increase of probiotics' market …

Objective Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects children's quality of life and learning. The
purpose of this research was to systematically evaluate the efficacy of probiotic adjuvant …

Objectives: Between 4% and 25% of school-aged children complain of recurrent abdominal
pain (RAP) severe enough to interfere with their daily activities. Methods: We carried out a …

Chronic abdominal pain is very common in children and adolescent and results in high
personal and social costs. Most youth with chronic abdominal pain fulfill criteria for a …