Jean-Michel Antoine

TL;DR: Certain probiotics may also reduce the risk of various symptoms of respiratory tract infections in adults and children, including ear, nose, and throat infections, although data is currently far too limited to distill any clinical recommendations in this area.

TL;DR: An international expert group of ILSI has evaluated the published evidence of the functionality of different probiotics in 4 areas of (human) application and guidelines and recommendations are defined that should help design the next generation of probiotic studies.

TL;DR: Improved knowledge on the specific role of gut microbiota in prevention and treatment of disease will help more targeted manipulation of the intestinal microbiota.

TL;DR: Colonic metabolism of lactose may play a role in lactose intolerance in 11 Chinese lactose‐intolerant subjects and a 2‐week supplementation of Bifidobacterium longum and a yogurt enriched with Bifids animalis could modify the composition and metabolic activities of the colonic microbiota.

TL;DR: To determine if there is any change with age in the distribution of Bifidobacterium and Enterobacteriaceae species in human intestinal microflora, strains were isolated from a total of 54 samples of human faeces and there is a noticeable trend whereby B. adolescentis occurs more frequently in children than in the elderly.