Abstracto

Probiotics in clinical practice.

Marcelo Campos Appel-Da-Silva

Not so long ago, dysbiosis was found to be a key element in the development of most cases of diarrhea, mainly in antibioticassociated colitis. Probiotics appeared as a miraculous weapon, acting as complement to antibiotics, and took little time until it was present in every prescription before or after initiating an antimicrobial agent.