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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
Immunity, gut microbiota and infection
Author:
Susanna Esposito
Published in:
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Recurrent infections are very common in children and a major challenge for pediatricians. They affect the children’s quality of life, cause absences from school and lost parental working days, and repeated medical examinations, hospital admissions as well as antibiotic therapies lead to high costs for society. Given their prevalence and clinical importance, various prevention strategies have been developed. …