Comment by canadiantim
14 hours ago
Quite amazing success rate for just two weeks of treatment when the alternative is doing multiple rounds of antibiotics for months/years and not even getting that level of success.
14 hours ago
Quite amazing success rate for just two weeks of treatment when the alternative is doing multiple rounds of antibiotics for months/years and not even getting that level of success.
Indeed. I am just a bit concerned that the subjects were to return to their "normal" diet after the experiment, which probably was the reason to get this condition in the first place. In a next study it would be interesting to look closer into the functioning of related organs, such as liver and gallbladder (vesica fellea). E.g. did subjects have any biliary sand issues. Correlation with potable water used by the subjects would also be interesting, especially things like mineral composition, pH, organic contaminants (e.g. microplastics) as well as microbial content.
That’s assuming it’s not typically some immunocompromising event as small as a period of stress that allows for the colonization.
Yes, that is a major factor too as well as antibiotics or the combination of the two.