Probiotics show potential to stop C. difficile

Probiotics show potential to stop C. difficile: Study: "Additionally, a dose-response was observed, with higher doses of probiotics associated with the greatest protective effect, according to findings published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and presented at the International Probiotics Association's World Congress in Miami.

Significant reductions in the incidence of AAD were also recorded by the researchers, with only 15.5 and 28 per cent of the higher and lower dose probiotics group experiencing AAD, compared with 44 per cent of the placebo group.

Between five and 25 per cent of patients experience diarrhoea, including Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea, as a complication of treatment with antibiotics. Over a quarter of a million C. difficile infections are reported in the US every year, which is more than the ‘flu (about 200,000)."