Fig. 3.
Forest plot of probiotics for the change in IBS abdominal pain scores. Boxes indicate each study's relative risk and horizontal lines indicate each study's 95% confidence intervals, Diamond indicates subgroup's pooled RR and 95% C.I.
Abbreviations: B, Bifidobacterium; Bc,Bacillus coagulans;Binf, Bifidobacterium infantis;Lp,Lactobacillus plantarumLr, L. rhamnosus;Sb, Saccharomyces boulardii; Sc, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; LpLaBl, “Cultura®”: L. paracasei 19, L. acido La5, Bifido lactis Bb12; 6 strains, “LacClean®” L. acidophilus 11906BP, L. rhamnosus 12202BP, Bifido. bifidum 12199BP, Bifido. lactis 11,904 BP, Bifido. longum 12,200 BP, Strept. thermophilus 11870BP; 7 strains, “DuoLac®: Bifido. brevis 11858BP, Bifido. lactis 11903BP, Bifido. longum 11860BP, L. acidophilus 11906BP, L. rhamnosus 11868BP, L. plantarum 11867BP, Strept. thermophilus 11870BP; 8 strains, Bifido. breve DSM24732, Bifido. longum DSM24736, Bifido. infantis DSM24737, L. acidophilus DSM24735, L. plantarum DSM24730, L. paracasei DSM24733, L. delbruckii subsp. bulgaricus DSM24734, Strept. thermophiles DSM24731, originally named VSL#3®, now either Visbiome™ or Vivomixx™ using the De Simone formulation.