Series title from spine: Gastroenterology clinics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New perceptions of the gut microbiota: implications for future research / Gerald W. Tannock -- Physiologic and pathologic interactions of bacteria with gastrointestinal epithelium / Marko A. Kalliomäki and W. Allan Walker -- Bacterial regulation of intestinal immune responses / Thomas T. MacDonald and John N. Gordon -- Bioecologic control of the gastrointestinal tract: the role of flora and supplemented probiotics and synbiotics / Stig Bengmark -- Probiotics, gut inflammation and barrier function / Erika Isolauri and Seppo Salminen -- Pediatric applications of probiotics / Jon A. Vanderhoof and Rosemary J. Young -- The role of enteric microflora in inflammatory bowel disease: human and animal studies with probiotics and prebiotics / Kevin P. Rioux, Karen L. Madsen, and Richard N. Fedorak -- Lactobacillus GG: bacteriology and clinical applications / Shira Doron, David R. Snydman, and Sherwood L. Gorbach -- VSL#3: an analysis of basic and clinical contributions in probiotic therapeutics / Paolo Gionchetti [and others] -- Saccharomyces boulardii: basic science and clinical applications in gastroenterology / Jean-Paul Buts and Paul Bernasconi -- The use of probiotics in functional bowel disease / Eamonn M.M. Quigley -- Use of probiotics in humans: an analysis of the literature / Martin H. Floch and David C. Montrose.