title: What is new on the term probiotics and the role of probiotics for the management of acute gastroenteritis.
abstract: There is an increasing interest in probiotics, and evidence of the effectiveness of probiotics in preventing or treating diarrhoeal diseases is also advancing. The purpose of this short opinion paper is to summarise two aspects of current development in regard to probiotics. First, it discusses what is new with regard to some key questions related to the term 'probiotic'. Second, recent, evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines on the use of probiotics for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, The Medical University of Warsaw, Dzialdowska 1, 01-184 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Szajewska
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000628:therapy; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects
keywords: children; diarrhoea; guidelines; microbiota