Clinical use of probiotics in pediatric allergy (cuppa) a world allergy organization position paper.docVIP

WAOPOSITIONPAPER ClinicalUseofProbioticsinPediatricAllergy(CUPPA): AWorldAllergyOrganizationPositionPaper AlessandroFiocchi,MD,chair,1WesleyBurks,MD,co-chair,2SamiL.Bahna,MD,3 LeonardBielory,MD,4RobertJ.Boyle,MD,5RenataCocco,MD,6StenDreborg,MD,7 RichardGoodman,MD,8MikaelKuitunen,MD,9TariHaahtela,MD,9RalfG.Heine,MD,FRACP,10 GideonLack,MD,11 DavidA.Osborn,MD,12 HughSampson,MD,13 GeraldW.Tannock,PhD,14 andBeeWahLeeMD 15, onbehalfoftheWAOSpecialCommitteeonFoodAllergyandNutrition harness the potential of immune modulatory effects of microbiota. Background: Probiotic administration has been