C diff,Alert

[Bobbie]

Very interesting & promising information especially for our adult population who are in a position to acquire a c-diff infection.

#Cdiff Alert: In a systematic review with meta-regression analysis, we found evidence that administration of #probiotics closer to the first dose of #antibiotic reduces the risk of CDI by >50% in hospitalized adults. Future research should focus on optimal probiotic dose, species, and formulation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28192108

* shared from the C-Diff Awareness Group And the CDI support group

[justme]

My husband got an infection in his hand from a cat claw and was given an antibiotic. He was told by the doctor to take probiotics anytime he had to take an antibiotic of any kind. I am glad that doctors are now more aware of the dangers that antibiotics pose and are advising the use of probiotics.

[AllisS]

Yes, it is encouraging, especially given the large number of subjects spanning numerous studies. I was very skeptical about probiotics when I first came onto this site back in 2012. However, after being hospitalized for three days for hip replacement last fall -- a surgery that includes IV administration of an antibiotic during and after surgery (a total of three doses) -- yet avoiding C. diff reinfection, I'm open to believing that the two Florastor doses I took per day, starting weeks before the surgery, may have protected me. (I'd been taking VSL3 and one dose of Florastor/day for some months prior.)