Differences were potentially attributable to differences in infant risk , prebiotic formulation or measurement of eczema .
There is insufficient evidence to determine the role of prebiotic supplementation of infant formula for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity .
Further trials are needed to determine whether this finding persists over a longer period of time , applies to other manifestations of allergic disease , is associated with reductions in allergen sensitisation , and is reproducible
BACKGROUND The composition of the intestinal microflora may be different in individuals with atopic eczema from those without this condition , and such differences may precede the development of eczema .
Prebiotics are nondigestible food components that benefit the host by selectively stimulating the growth or activity of non-pathogenic bacteria in the colon .
Prebiotics ( commonly oligosaccharides ) added to infant feeds have the potential to prevent sensitisation of infants to dietary allergens .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of prebiotics given to infants for the prevention of allergic disease or food hypersensitivity .
[Influence of nutritional status on the effectiveness of a dietary supplement of live lactobacillus to prevent and cure diarrhoea in children].
The influence of undernutrition on the effectiveness of a dietary supplement of live lactobacillus regarding prevention and treatment of  infantile diarrhoea  was studied on 200 children 6 to 24 m old . Children , undernourished ( D ) or controls ( C ) , received for 90 days , in a blind experiment , a fermented milk providing L. Acidofilus y L. Casei ( 10(7)-10(8)/ml ) ( LB ) or an equivalent amount of fluid milk ( L ) .  diarrhoea episodes were recorded and classified according duration : 1 - 4 , 5 - 14 days , and protracted diarrhea ( DP ) those lasting beyond 14 days . Study requirements were fulfilled by 119 children : D-L : n=25 ; D-LB : n=32 ; C-L : n=27 y C-LB : n=35 . Preventive aspects were evaluated through number of episodes and through their lasting the therapeutic ones . Episodes recorded were 134 : 29 in D-L ; 48 in D-LB ; 37 in C-L and 20 in C-LB . In the D-LB group over 90 % episodes were very short ( 1 - 4 days ) , percentage far higher to that observed in D-L and similar to C-LB . There were 12 episodes of DP , 9 D and 3 in C , all in the L groups . In conclusion , although the fermented milk prevent half episode in the controls but not in the undernourished , it was able to shorter episodes duration and prevent protracted diarrhoea irrespectively of nutritional status . Therefore , undernutrition impaired the ability of the lactobacillus supplement to prevent children diarrhoea , which implicates immune system , but not curative effects which are the result of local actions
Differences were potentially attributable to differences in infant risk , prebiotic formulation or measurement of eczema .
There is insufficient evidence to determine the role of prebiotic supplementation of infant formula for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity .
Further trials are needed to determine whether this finding persists over a longer period of time , applies to other manifestations of allergic disease , is associated with reductions in allergen sensitisation , and is reproducible
BACKGROUND The composition of the intestinal microflora may be different in individuals with atopic eczema from those without this condition , and such differences may precede the development of eczema .
Prebiotics are nondigestible food components that benefit the host by selectively stimulating the growth or activity of non-pathogenic bacteria in the colon .
Prebiotics ( commonly oligosaccharides ) added to infant feeds have the potential to prevent sensitisation of infants to dietary allergens .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of prebiotics given to infants for the prevention of allergic disease or food hypersensitivity .