Open AccessProbiotics: An overview and their role in inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Ebtissam Saleh Al-Meghaiseeb
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.33471
Subject(s) - pouchitis , inflammatory bowel disease , probiotic , ulcerative colitis , medicine , flora (microbiology) , disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , crohn's disease , immunology , intensive care medicine , bacteria , biology , genetics
In recent years, novel insights have been gained into the role of bacterial microflora in health and disease. Commensal flora manipulation by probiotic bacteria has been investigated in human and experimental inflammatory bowel disease. Various probiotic species have shown promise in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and pouchitis in small studies, although a clear clinical benefit remains to be established.