Impiego dei nutraceutici nelle malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali e nell’enterocolite necrotizzante

Health and food Science

Teresa Capriati (1,2), Fabio Panetta (1), Raffaele Edo Papa (1), Daniela Marino (1), Alessandra Wunderle (1), Elisabetta Gallo (2), Gilda Cassano (2), Ruggiero Francavilla (2), Antonella Diamanti (1)

¹Unità Nutrizione Artificiale, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” di Roma²Unità di Gastroenterologia, Clinica Pediatrica della Università di Bari

Inflammatory bowel diseases and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) are sustained by immunoinflammatory responses that can be modulated by dietary components. The experimental basis of clinical efficacy of these components is strong while there’s only few clinical evidence. Probiotics show the best evidences in the treatment and prevention of chronic pouchitis in patients undergone colectomy for ulcerative colitis and for the prevention NEC in preterm infants.