ABSTRACT

Disease ............................................................................................117 6.2.2 Irritable Bowel Syndrome ................................................................. 117 6.2.3 Inammatory Bowel Disease ........................................................... 118 6.2.4 Colorectal Cancer ............................................................................. 119

6.3 Part 3: Probiotics ........................................................................................... 119 6.3.1 General Principles ............................................................................ 119 6.3.2 Indications for the Use of Probiotics ................................................ 122

6.3.2.1 Sporadic, Acute Diarrheal Illness ...................................... 122 6.3.2.2 Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea, C. difficile-Associated

Diarrhea and Traveler’s Diarrhea ....................................... 122 6.3.2.3 Irritable Bowel Syndrome .................................................. 123 6.3.2.4 Inammatory Bowel Disease .............................................124 6.3.2.5 Colorectal Cancer ..............................................................124