title: Probiotic therapy - recruiting old friends to fight new foes.
abstract: Against a backdrop of increasing antibiotic resistance, and the emergence of new and evolving pathogens, clinicians are increasingly forced to consider alternative therapies - probiotics are one such alternative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. roy.sleator@cit.ie.
authors.forename: Roy D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sleator