But with bacterial attack, the BBC reports that we should be equipped to fight back against some of the most lethal strains,
- The gut infection Clostridium difficile can be defeated by a cocktail of rival good bacteria, experiments in mice show.
When C. difficile bacteria overwhelm the gut, it can be fatal and difficult to treat with antibiotics.
A UK team showed a combination of six bacteria could clear the infection.
The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, builds on faecal transplant procedures - which are used to introduce competing bacteria.
C. difficile bacteria live in many people's guts alongside hundreds of other species - all fighting for space and food.
2 comments:
A,
Do you take any pro biotics? Or similar ?
I feel better when at least one a week I eat real fermented foods.
Marc
Hi Marc, no I don't take any probiotics. I do eat cheese and yogurt on occasion.
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