date:Jun 19, 2012
five suffer from acute respiratory infections.
The efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of infections in children who attend day care centers has been investigated in several studies, and these have yielded contradictory results. A study from Croatia published in 2009 that found that LGG may decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections including rhinitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, otitis, and the common cold in children attending day care (Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 29, pp. 312-316).