The evidence for probiotic strain specificity

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Navigate the appropriate use of strain-specific, disease-specific probiotics in clinical practice; assess the evidence supporting optimised gut health to aid symptomatic management and treatment of GIT infections and complaints

Learning objectives

You will learn:

  • The rapid growth in gut microbial research and heightened awareness of gut health have led to a significant increase in probiotic products, making it challenging for health practitioners to navigate the evidence and determine appropriate probiotic prescriptions for clinical treatment
  • Probiotics are strain-specific and disease-specific
  • Bigger does not mean better when looking at colony-forming unit (CFU) counts
  • This report puts three different probiotic strains under the microscope and assesses their use in clinical practice
  • Are we there yet? Considerations for strain-specificity in clinical practice.

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