Topical prebiotics/postbiotics and PRURISCORE validation in atopic dermatitis. International study of 396 patients
Carlo Gelmetti, C. Rigoni, Alessandra Maria Cantù, The members of the Italian Group (in alphabetical order):, Antonina Agolzer, Alice Agrusa, Michela Brena, Federica Dall’Oglio, Patrizia Demichelis, Sandra Farina, Lucretia Adina Frasin, Sandra Lorenzi, Giuseppina Mazzola, Marisa Praticò, Stefania Robotti, Aurora Tedeschi, L Villa, the members of the international “ad hoc” Group, (in alphabetical order):, Prodromos Ananiadis, Eirini Arkoumani, Iulia Astashonok, Eulàlia Baselga Torres, Sidita Borici, Elna Cano, Rozana Cela, Amarda Cengo, Francisca Corella, Xavier Cubiro Raventos, Miriam America De Jesus Silva, Ermira Demiraj, Entela Dhima, Xhiljola Doci, Anna Domarad, Марина Александровна Дидык, Albana Dyli, Ourania Efthimiou, Georgia Filippi, Víctor-Adrian Flores Climente, Maria Pilar García Muret, Javier Garcia Navarro, Migena Gega, Aristea Noura Giakoub, Vasileios Giakoubis, Amarda Gica, Marjeta Gjomema, Blerina Guri, Elmijola Janushaj, Αντώνιος Κανελλέας, Georgia Kanelopoulou, Entela Kapaj, Δωροθέα Καπουκρανίδου, Konstantina Karadima, Athina Katsavou, Lena Kotrulja, Aikaterini Kyriakou, Georgios Larios, Anna Lena Lopez, Cristina López, Sofia Magdalini Manoli, Tatiana Matvienko, Liljana Mervic, Konstantinos Mileounis, Diana Muja, Milkota Nadezhda, Despoina Panagioti, Markos Papakonstantis, Maria Papanikou, Despoina Papathemeli, Kyriaki Papigkioti, Violetta Pivak, Driada Preza, Esther Roé, Mirjam Rogl Butina, Esther Serra Baldrich, Dimitrios Sgouros, Aleksandra Shilova, Eljona Shllaku, Nikolaos Sideris, Ermal Sina, Ardiana Sinani, Fani Sourli-Chasioti, Mirsa Stankaj, Dimitra Tasioula, Athanasios Tsalmadoupis, Fragkiski Tsatsou, Eftichia Tsenebi, Anastasia Tsitlakidou, Politimos Vassis, Eva Vilarrassa, Olga Vorobey, Nikolaos Voutsakis, Svetlana Yakovleva, S. V. Yakubovskaya, Ekaterina Yerygina, Alexios Zarras, Valbona Zenelaj, Olga Zenko
Abstract
Even though the role of prebiotics and postbiotics was not formally demonstrated since these substances were part of a complex formulation, it can be reasonably stated that prebiotics and postbiotics have safety and standardization features that probiotics do not have. In addition they are authorized by regulatory authorities, whereas topical probiotics are not.