Society guideline links: Probiotics

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Global guidelines on probiotics and prebiotics (2017)

●WGO: Global guidelines on acute diarrhea in adults and children – A global perspective (2012)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement for using probiotics in the paediatric population (2012, reaffirmed 2019)

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Clinical practice guideline – Clinical efficacy of probiotics: Review of the evidence with focus on children (2006)

United States

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice guidelines on the role of probiotics in the management of gastrointestinal disorders (2020)

●American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS): Practice parameters for the management of Clostridium difficile infection (2015)

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Clinical practice guideline – Clinical efficacy of probiotics: Review of the evidence with focus on children (2006)

Europe

●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Guideline on clinical nutrition in liver disease (2019)

●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2017)

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): Probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children (2016)

●ESPGHAN: Position paper for the use of probiotics for management of acute gastroenteritis (2014)

●ESPGHAN/European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID): Evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children in Europe, update (2014)

India

●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-Department of Biotechnology (DBT): Guidelines for evaluation of probiotics in food (2011)