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I happened upon an article that caught my attention because it is discussing a potential use for probiotics, which I have been using for years.
This article discusses some experiments done after looking at the poop of 200 rural Thai people. They chose this population to study because: "They speculated that Thais would not be as affected by food sterilization or antibiotics as people in highly developed urban areas."
What they found was that when a bacterium called Bacillus Subtilis (a 'good bactrium' which is in many probiotics) was present in the poop samples, no Staph Aureus was in the poop. Then, they found that the good bacteria secreted substances called fengicins that inhibited Stap Aureus, including the dreaded MRSA type (methicillin resistant Staph Aureus). Yippee!
Then they fed some mice who had Staph aureus in their gut some the good bacteria and found that and found that it eliminated the Staph aureus. It only worked when the good bacteria were able to secrete the fengicins like they normally do. If they turned off the good bacteria's ability to produce fengicins Staph aureus bacteria were able to grow.
So, at least in mice, it seems from this that eating a probiotic containing Bacillus Subtilis could prevent or even treat Staph Areus in the gut, even the dreaded resistant type.
Here is the link to the full article: https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/184064/mixed-topics/can-probiotics-beat-mrsa?utm_source=News_Power_eNL_111218_F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trending: Stuttering and Brain Stimulation | Low-Dose Aspirin Limits | & More
This article discusses some experiments done after looking at the poop of 200 rural Thai people. They chose this population to study because: "They speculated that Thais would not be as affected by food sterilization or antibiotics as people in highly developed urban areas."
What they found was that when a bacterium called Bacillus Subtilis (a 'good bactrium' which is in many probiotics) was present in the poop samples, no Staph Aureus was in the poop. Then, they found that the good bacteria secreted substances called fengicins that inhibited Stap Aureus, including the dreaded MRSA type (methicillin resistant Staph Aureus). Yippee!
Then they fed some mice who had Staph aureus in their gut some the good bacteria and found that and found that it eliminated the Staph aureus. It only worked when the good bacteria were able to secrete the fengicins like they normally do. If they turned off the good bacteria's ability to produce fengicins Staph aureus bacteria were able to grow.
So, at least in mice, it seems from this that eating a probiotic containing Bacillus Subtilis could prevent or even treat Staph Areus in the gut, even the dreaded resistant type.
Here is the link to the full article: https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/184064/mixed-topics/can-probiotics-beat-mrsa?utm_source=News_Power_eNL_111218_F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trending: Stuttering and Brain Stimulation | Low-Dose Aspirin Limits | & More
