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"On the other hand, some families of bacteria, such as Enterococcus, contain some species that are probiotics and others that cause disease (one is even a superbug). Thankfully, the species found in food products and supplements use researched species with well-documented safety records. the trials, as these are known to work. Scientific studies tell us that the specific strain, at a specific dosage, in a specific population of people works. Variance in any of these factors may produce different effects. Side Effects and Adverse Reactions Are there any side effects to taking probiotics?" - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Probiotics and C. difficile The ability of probiotics to help stop diarrhea caused by bad bacteria is well documented and discussed in Chapter 6. You will recall that when all of the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials were reviewed probiotics, given in combination with antibiotics, were found to be effective in treating bacteria-related diarrhea. In particular, the yeast, Saccharomyces boulardii and Lactobacilli species were found to be very effective. Of particular interest, was a study by McFarland and associates, which found that S." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Laboratory studies have found L. reuteri is effective at inhibiting the growth of S. aureus but its ability against C. difficile is not yet known. Prebiotics and C. Difficile Prebiotics may also help with C. difficile infections. Prebiotics have the ability to encourage growth of good bacteria in the intestinal tract, which makes it hard for C. difficile to grow. Prebiotics encourage the health and colonization of probiotics in the intestinal tract. About 10% of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea become re-infected after treatment with antibiotics." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "As probiotics help boost the immune system and some species have antibacterial activity, it is possible that probiotic use during a Staph infection may offer some health benefits. Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) is a growing concern in today's medical system. The bacterial family of Enterococcus includes the species E.faecium and E.faecalis, which normally live in your gut. They usually do not cause illness in healthy people. The first reports of VRE came in 1988." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Some 90,000 Americans suffer potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant "staph superbug." According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more people now die from these superbugs than from AIDS diseases. Recent nationwide outbreaks of infections caused by superbugs killed teenagers in U.S. schools, reflecting the natural consequence of indiscriminate and irresponsible use of antibiotics in this country. Previously only found in hospital settings, the drug-resistant staph germ is now spreading through prisons, gyms and locker rooms, and poor urban neighborhoods." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The superbug had moved into homes, locker rooms, gyms, day care centers, or just about anywhere bacteria grow. As the drug-resistant pathogen spread, it attacked both the weak and the strong. Football players and wrestlers were among its first victims. In 2001 Iowa health officials reported that high school wrestlers in the state had been infected by an outbreak of MRS A. The drug-resistant staph lives on the skin, which puts wrestlers at higher risk because of their close contact with competitors and the frequent scrapes they suffer. Similar MRS A infections hit five players for the St." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Studies had shown that patients taking these broad-spectrum antibiotics were at a higher risk of later being infected by a lethal superbug like MRSA, shorthand for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. But all Iowans, even those who did not take antibiotics, were now living with these menacing germs that could withstand even some of the most powerful modern medicines. The bugs were growing stronger, while the drugs grew weaker. "We are facing a crisis," Dr." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"One antibiotic-resistant superbug often emerges and multiplies. One hundred thousand people die in hospitals every year from bacterial infections that are largely related to drug-resistant bacteria that have evolved from careless use of high-powered antibiotics to treat non-life-threatening infections or their misuse. Many scientists and infectious-disease specialists predict that we may get to the point where we can't find any new medications that will treat these new forms of bacteria." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"It is estimated that 18,650 people die annually from this particular superbug, which is about 1,500 more than die from AIDS in the U.S. each year. It is a law of nature that every living organism wants to live and survive for as long as it possibly can. Bacteria that are exposed to regular supplies of the poisonous antibiotic substances will, therefore, try to become immune to the poisons. To survive such assaults, bacteria have their own sophisticated defense strategies, which are in a way similar to ours when we need to defend ourselves against invasive bacteria or viruses." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The reluctance of his own countrymen to accept his evidence that staph was evolving into a superbug frustrated Hiramatsu. Japanese infectious disease officials claimed that there was no staph aureus that resisted vancomycin. Hiramatsu could not believe the officials did not see the obvious threat to the Japanese people, or how a rising tide of su-perbugs in Japan could also threaten people in other countries, given the ever-increasing world travel of pathogens taking a free ride on humans. To get their attention, he determined he would need to show more proof." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "It was turning itself into a superbug. The results were so potentially controversial that Hiramatsu decided to e-mail a fellow bacteria expert, Fred Tenover, at the GDG in Atlanta. "I want to publish a paper about these findings," he told Tenover, "but I am worried no one will believe them." Tenover agreed to try to replicate the experiment. Hiramatsu sent staph samples to Atlanta, and Tenover reached the same conclusion. The two scientists submitted a paper to The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, but the editors showed little interest." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "His team is now going through them, one by one, to find the few mutations that might have created the superbug. If staph aureus can develop elaborate mechanisms for creating drug resistance, surely other bacteria are capa- ble of the same feats. The inexorable rise of drug resistance portends a dire future. And we have mostly ourselves to blame. Thankfully, a movement long under way to fight the problem is finally gaining notice, due to the undying efforts of Stuart Levy at Tufts." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.)

"So when the man died of his incurable staph in March 1998, the origin of the superbug remained a mystery.689 The new organisms were dubbed Vancomycin Insensitive Staphylococcus aureus—VISA. The CDC was at pains to note that all of the new superbugs remained somewhat vulnerable to vancomycin, which was small comfort for the dead patients. As other VISA cases emerged in New York City and elsewhere in 1998 and 1999, anxiety rose considerably in the public health community. Swiss researcher Dr." - Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (Get the book.)

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