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Probiotics and Prebiotics in Preventing Food Allergy and Eczema Mikael KuitunenCurr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013;13(3):280-286. Abstract Purpose of review:To describe the current literature on clinical trials of probiotics for eczema and food allergy prevention in view of recent new approaches and long-term follow-ups. Recent findings:Attempting allergy prevention by probiotic administration has been most successful when assessing atopic eczema, the most prevalent allergic disease at an early age. More than half of the published studies demonstrate a decrease in eczema prevalence until 2