Abstract

Infant colic is a prevalent physiological event of healthy children under 3 months of age which can disrupt the child's home environment. Despite its benign natural history, sometimes requires a therapeutic approach. Numerous therapeutical lines have been proposed although its pathogenesis remains unknown and multifactorial. The gut microbiota plays an important role in the infant colic. Several studies have shown less bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in infant colic meanwhile Escherichia, Klebsiella, Serratia, Vibrio, Yersinia and Pseudomonas are more prominent in colon. The probiotic strain L. reuteri DSM 17938, when administered once daily to 10⁸ cfu / day, seems to have the most scientific evidence up to date in the treatment of infant colic, without significant side effects.

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