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Research question
Are probiotics effective for irritable bowel syndrome?
Short answer
The returned literature should be checked for probiotic strain, IBS subtype, symptom score, and trial design.
Search conditions and results
- Claim searched: Probiotics may improve symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
- Search intent: Find source-linked biomedical papers about probiotics and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Result set: Top source-linked biomedical papers returned by LitSource for this claim.
- Last refreshed: 2026-05-04
Top papers found
| Paper | Year | Journal | Source | Evidence snippet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of probiotics in irritable bowel syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. | 2008 | Diseases of the colon and rectum | PMID 18465170 | PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate whether probiotics improve symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. |
| Do probiotics improve symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome? | 2009 | Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology | PMID 21180553 | Do probiotics improve symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome? |
| Probiotics for immunomodulation in prevention against respiratory viral infections with special emphasis on COVID-19. | 2022 | AIMS microbiology | PMID 36317003 | Recently a randomized controlled study performed on effectiveness and safety of multi-strain probiotic preparation (mixture of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Streptococcus thermophilus strains) in patients with dia… |
| Probiotics and prebiotics in clinical tests: an update. | 2019 | F1000Research | PMID 31354938 | In a trial enrolling 113 celiac disease patients who displayed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) despite a gluten-free diet, probiotic intervention with a mixture of Lactobacillus casei, L. plantarum, B. animalis, B. lacti… |
| Dairy consumption during adolescence and endometriosis risk. | 2020 | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology | PMID 31526789 | Some studies have demonstrated the potential for probiotics to improve symptoms among patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that often overlaps with, or is misdiagnosed for, endometriosis. |
| Evidence of the Beneficial Impact of Three Probiotic-Based Food Supplements on the Composition and Metabolic Activity of the Intestinal Microbiota in Healthy Individuals: An Ex Vivo Study. | 2023 | Nutrients | PMID 38140334 | Caviglia et al., in a study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, demonstrated the probiotic strain's ability to modulate the composition of the intestinal microbiota, with anti-inflammatory activity that improves… |
| Antifungal Susceptibility of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolated from Clinical Specimens. | 2024 | Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) | PMID 38535591 | Moreover, this probiotic demonstrates effectiveness in alleviating symptoms and improving the well-being of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). |
| Inflammatory Prostatitis Plus IBS-D Subtype and Correlation with Immunomodulating Agent Imbalance in Seminal Plasma: Novel Combined Treatment. | 2024 | Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) | PMID 39452503 | We recently demonstrated the effectiveness of long-term treatment with rifaximin and the probiotic DSF (De Simone formulation) in improving urogenital and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with both chronic inflamma… |
What the evidence appears to support
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What remains uncertain
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