Probiotics
A review of potential alternative & effective treatments against C. difficile
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https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.1851Keywords:
Microbiome, Probiotics, C. diff, Clostridioides difficileAbstract
Abstract
Clostridioides difficile is a bacterial pathogen that generally affects people that are immunocompromised and/or on heavy courses of antibiotics (CDC, 2022). Current treatments for the pathogen include using fecal transplants and/or probiotics (Fecal Transplant -- Hopkins medicine, 2022) – the latter of which can be consumed through everyday foods or through supplements (CDC, 2022). Probiotics are live microbes that are thought to supplement and/or mimic the beneficial attributes of our gut microbiome, a collection of organisms that are needed for performing essential functions in the body such as producing certain vitamins or, as seen in the case of C. diff., staving off pathogens (Cleveland Clinic, 2022). This review article will discuss what probiotics are & how they can be obtained, how they are thought to provide health benefits, and how probiotics are capable of outcompeting pathogens such as C. diff. (Buonomo & Petri, 2016).
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