This meta-analysis included eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with the aim of determining whether probiotic supplementation can improve H. pylori eradication rates. PUBMED, EBSCO, Web of Science, and Ovid databases were searched. We included RCTs that investigated the effect of combining probiotics, with or without a placebo, with standard therapy. A total of 21 RCTs that reported st...

Probiotics are usually defined as products which contain viable non-pathogenic micro-organisms able to confer health benefits to the host. There are specific gastrointestinal effects of probiotics such as alleviating inflammatory bowel disease, reducing acute diarrhoea in children, inhibiting Salmonella and Helicobacter pylori, removing cholesterol, secreting enzymes and bacteriocins and immuno...

Fermented foods have been consumed for centuries across many geographical locales and have traditionally been considered healthy foods, partly because of the live microbes contained in them. The concept of "probiotics" further requires that the microbes be defined and their health effects be demonstrated through human intervention studies or other suitable investigations before marketing with c...

A complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors partially contributes to the development of allergic diseases by affecting development during prenatal and early life. To explain the dramatic increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases, the hygiene hypothesis proposed that early exposure to infection prevented allergic diseases. The hygiene hypothesis has changed to the microbi...

The term probiotics is a relatievly new word meaning “for life” and is currently used to name bacteria associated with beneficial effects for humans and animals. The development of resistance to range of antibiotics by some important pathogen has raised a possibility of return to pre antibiotic dark ages. So there was need of new treatment paradigm to be introduced to treat periodontal diseases...

Probiotics are usually defined as microbial food supplements with beneficial effects on the consumers. Most probiotics fall into the group of organisms' known as lactic acid-producing bacteria and are normally consumed in the form of yogurt, fermented milks or other fermented foods. Some of the beneficial effect of lactic acid bacteria consumption include: (i) improving intestinal tract health;...

CONTEXT Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease, with 5-10% of liver having extra fat. Increase in its prevalence in all age groups is linked with obesity and Type II diabetes. The treatment of NAFLD remains controversial. A growing body of evidence suggests a relation between overgrowth of gut microbiota with NAFLD and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The obje...

The term ―probiotic‖ was first used in 1965 by Lilly and Stillwell, to describe substances secreted by one organism which stimulate the growth of another probiotics as ―live micro-organisms‖, which, when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host .The use of probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) and the treatment of Clostridium difficile...

The physiology and pathology of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts are closely related. This similarity between the two organs may underlie why dysfunction in one organ may induce illness in the other. For example, smoking is a major risk factor for COPD and IBD and increases the risk of developing Crohn's disease. Probiotics have been defined as "live microorganisms which, when admini...

There is mounting evidence that ingestion of selected probiotics can modify disease morbidity for specific conditions affecting humans, and there is growing interest in the amelioration or prevention of disease with probiotics. Modulation in gene expression of the cellular elements of the intestinal mucosa and interbacterial interactions are leading theories as to the mechanism whereby probioti...