Probiotics in critical illness - Is there a role in intensive care?

Probiotics are living microbes, when adequately ingested confer benefits to the host which include shortened duration of infection or decreased susceptibility to pathogens. Probiotics improve gut banier function, restore non-pathogenic digestive flora, prevent colonization by pathogenic bacteria and...

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Main Authors: Hema Kumar (Author), Rakshay Shetty (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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