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## Background: Ulcerative colitis (uc) is an inflammatory condition affecting the colon with an incidence of approximately 10-20 per 100,000 per year. no existing intervention is effective in all patients with a proportion requiring colectomy. there are significant proportion of patients who experience adverse effects with current therapies. consequently, new alternatives for the treatment of uc are constantly being sought. probiotics are live microbial feed supplements that may beneficially affect the host by improving intestinal microbial balance, enhancing gut barrier function and improving local immune response. ## Objectives: To assess the efficacy of probiotics compared with placebo or standard medical treatment (5-aminosalicylates, sulfasalazine or corticosteroids) for the induction of remission in active ulcerative colitis. ## Search strategy: A comprehensive search for relevant randomised controlled trials (rct's) was carried out using medline (1966-january 2006), embase (january 1985- 2006) and central. the cochrane ibd/fbd review group specialised trials registrar was also searched. the australasian medical index, chinese biomedical literature database, latin american ca

Author

Peter T Mallon; Damian McKay; Steven J Kirk; Keith Gardiner

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Published

2007

Language

EN