Probiotic and Synbiotic Therapy in the Critically Ill: State of the Art

The medical community has placed significant emphasis in the eradication of bacteria in humans for many years. But, perhaps we should now be considering how to preserve and/or re-establish the health-promoting bacteria that define a great deal of what makes us human …and healthy. Undoubtedly, one of the most exciting scientific advances in recent years has been the realization that our bacterial symbionts or commensal microorganisms (our microbiome) play essential roles in our physiology as humans in a range of functions including nutritional state, vitamin s ynthesis, drug metabolism, protection against infection, and recovery from illness [1,2].
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