Found this today - thought it was very interesting, and might explain why some people have had a lot of luck clearing up their CDI with Kefir taken concurrently with Vancomycin.
In essence, the theory is that the calcium present in the colon facilitates all-at-once germination of spores, so that the antibiotic can then kill the vegetative C Diff.
https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/calc ... -treatment
(I hope I'm allowed to post this here - if not, please forgive.)
Calcium's role in clearing up CDI
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Re: Calcium's role in clearing up CDI
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
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