Table of contents
Chapter 1. Basics of GI Physiology and Mucosal Immunology

Alessio Fasano, MD, Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D. 1

Chapter 2. What Pediatricians Need To Know About the Analysis of the Gut Microbiota

Gerald W. Tannock

Chapter 3. Role of Microflora in Disease

Prof. Salvatore Cucchiara, Dr. Marina Aloi

Chapter 4. Probiotics 101

Samuli Rautava, M.D., Ph.D., W. Allan Walker, M.D.

Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Probiotic Regulation of Host Homeostasis

Fang Yan, M.D., Ph.D., D. Brent Polk, M.D.
Chapter 6. Safety Issues of Probiotic Ingestion

David R. Mack, M.D., FRCPC

Chapter 7. Neonatal and Infant Microflora

Josef Neu, MD

Chapter 8. Probiotics in Infant Dietetics

Carlo Agostoni, Filippo Salvini

Chapter 9. Necrotizing Enterocolitis The Role of Probiotics in Prevention

Zvi Weizman, MD

Chapter 10. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Sonia Michail, M.D.

Chapter 11. The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diarrhoea in Children

Shafiqul A. Sarker M.D., Ph.D., George J. Fuchs M.D.

Chapter 12. Probiotics in Crohn's Disease

Esi S. N. Lamousé-Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Athos Bousvaros, M.D., MPH

Chapter 13. Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis

Richard Fedorak, MD.

Chapter 14. Pouchitis

Paolo Gionchetti

Chapter 15. Probiotics in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium Difficile Infection

Prof. Hania Szajewska, MD

Chapter 16. Probiotics in the Immunocompromised Host

Yuliya Rekhtman, MD, Stuart S. Kaufman, MD

Chapter 17. Role of Probiotics in the Management of Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Philip M. Sherman, Kathene C. Johnson-Henry

Chapter 18. Probiotics in Treatment and/or Prevention of Allergies

R. Fölster-Holst, B. Offick, E. Proksch, J. Schrezenmeir

Chapter 19. The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Asthma

Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH

Chapter 20. The Impact of Probiotics on Maternal and Child Health: Clinical Evidence

Kingsley C Anukam, PhD MHPM, Gregor Reid PhD MBA ARM CCM

Chapter 21. Probiotics In Foods And Supplements

Steven J Czinn M.D., Samra Sarigol Blanchard M.D.

Chapter 22. The Application Of Prebiotics And Synbiotics In Pediatrics

Laure Catherine Roger, BSc(Hons), Anne Liza McCartney, BSc(Hons), PhD

Chapter 23. The Future of Probiotic

Eamonn M. M. Quigley, M.D.

Chapter 24. The Quality Control of Probiotics in Food and Dietary Supplements

Sheryl H. Berman, MS, Ph.D.

Appendix 1. List Of Related Websites, Books And Journals