Established
LGG
Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, paediatric acute gastroenteritis.
Probiotic strains
Listed by strain rather than by species, because that is the only level at which the evidence means anything.
Established
S. boulardii
Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, traveller's diarrhoea.
Promising
B. longum 1714
Stress response, subjective anxiety.
Promising
L. plantarum 299v
IBS symptoms, iron absorption.
Promising
B. infantis 35624
IBS.
Promising
L. reuteri DSM 17938
Infant colic.
Promising
Eight-strain blend
Pouchitis, ulcerative colitis.
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