149 ABNORMAL INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATIENTS AND THE EFFECTS OF A NEWLY DESIGNED SYNBIOTIC THERAPY
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161 SYNBIOTIC THERAPY: AN IMPORTANT SUPPORTIVE THERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
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169 A RE-APPRAISAL OF EARLY SIGNALING EVENTS AND GENE ACTIVATION IN A HUMAN INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL LINE IN VITRO BY PROBIOTIC AND ENTERIC PATHOGENIC BACTERIA SPECIES
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181 PREBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION WITH RESISTANT STARCH ALTERS HEALTH INDICES ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC CHANGES AND INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS
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193 ADMINISTRATION OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS WITH FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE TO TODDLERS IS SAFE AND RESULTS IN TRANSIENT COLONIZATION
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203 THE PROLIFERATION FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH OF INTESTINAL BIFIDOBACTERIUM IN THE PRESENCE OF CORN-FIBER COMPONENTS OF CONTAINING HYDROLYZED OLIGOSACCHARIDES
Y. Degawa, K. Shibanuma and Y. Benno
213 EVIDENCE FOR PROBIOTICS IN ALLERGIC DISEASE: OR IS IT STILL JUST A GUT FEELING?
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219 LONG-TERM ADMINISTRATION OF LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI (ATCC55730) HAS NOINFLUENCE ON GASTRIC MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION AND COLONIZATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN HUMANS. A PILOT STUDY
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225 INVESTIGATION OF THE VIABILITY OF MICROENCAPSULATED LIVE LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS CELLS FOR THEIR USE IN PROBIOTIC YOGURTS
Aleksandra Malgorzata Urbanska, Wei Ouyang, Jasmine Bhathena, Christopher Martoni, and Satya Prakash
235 IN VITRO BACTERICIDAL EFFECTS AND PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE OF INDIGENOUS PROBIOTICS IN THE CONTROL OF INFANTILE BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS
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