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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)
United States
Europe
●ESPEN: Guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2017)
●ESPGHAN: Position paper for the use of probiotics for management of acute gastroenteritis (2014)
India