Dr. Rumiko Shibata, MD
Current affiliation:
Head of Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Recent publications:
- Prescott SL, Bjorksten B: Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of
allergic diseases. J allergy Clin Immunol 120:255-62,2007. - Boyle R J, Bath-Hextall FJ, Leonardi-Bee J, Murrell DF, L-K Tang M.
Probiotics for the treatment of eczema: a systematic review. Cin Exp Allergy
2009;39:1117-1127. - Shibata R, Kimura M, Takahashi H, Mikami K, Aiba Y, Takeda H, Koga Y.
Clinical effects of kestose, a prebiotic oligosaccharide,on the treatment of
atopic dermatitis in infants. Cin Exp Allergy 2009:39:1397-1403.
Expertise and research areas:
Pediatric allergy; especially food allergy, anaphylaxis and atopic dermatitis
Patients with childhood allergies 4,000 or more visit the Fukuoka hospital a year.
Food challenge test, food desensitization therapy, diet therapy and prebiotics for food allergy and atopic dermatitis are provided as clinical studies.







