Commentary
Probiotics for severe trauma patients
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Correspondence: Ger T Rijkers g.rijkers@antoniusziekenhuis.nl
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, PO Box 2500, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Department of Sciences, Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Critical Care 2011, 15:1022 doi:10.1186/cc10589
See related research by Tanet al., http://ccforum.com/content/15/6/R290
Published: 29 December 2011Abstract
Probiotics are live micro-organisms with a health promoting effect. Because of their immunomodulating capacity as well as improvement of gut barrier function, probiotics have the capacity to prevent infectious complications in a variety of clinical settings. Now selected probiotics show potential for improving the clinical outcome of severe trauma patients.