Background: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) represent one of the main health problems in
children. Probiotics are viable bacteria that colonize the intestine and affect the host …

Background: Acute upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) contribute substantially to
pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prevention of these infections in childhood is a …

We evaluated the clinical evidence regarding probiotic use for the prevention of respiratory
tract infections (RTIs). Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) studying the effects of probiotics …

Recent systematic reviews have reported a positive, although modest, effect of probiotics in
terms of preventing common cold symptoms. In this systematic review, the effect of …

Probiotics have been suggested to have a preventive effect on respiratory tract infections
(RTIs), but limited evidence exist on strain-specific effects. The main aim of this systematic …

Background Overall reduction of antibiotic use is a widely adopted public health goal. Given
evidence that consuming probiotics reduce the incidence, duration and/or severity of certain …

OBJECTIVE: Probiotic consumption effects on cold and influenza-like symptom incidence
and duration were evaluated in healthy children during the winter season. METHODS: In this …

Aim To systematically review the effects of probiotics supplementation in children with
asthma. Methods An electronic search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Cochrane …

Objective: The increased social and economic burdens for asthma in infants make the
prevention of asthma a major public health goal. Probiotics may reduce the risk of asthma in …

Background Recurrent respiratory tract infection (RRTI) is a disease occurred frequently in
preschool children. Methods A total of 120 RRTI children were randomly divided into active …