In the methods and results section of the above-mentioned study, the authors refer to VSL#3, which was used in their study and which is a commercial probiotic containing eight bacterial strains manufactured by Alfasigma. In the discussion section, other studies are discussed that have used a commercial probiotic formulation, also referred to as VSL#3. The authors wish to make readers aware that these formulations are not the same and the studies mentioned in the discussion section used a different formulation of VSL#3, currently named “De Simone Formulation” and manufactured and distributed by Exegi and Visbiome, respectively.
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