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SM Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Global Health Preventive Medicine Overture: Select Probiotic Use in the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and the Treatment of C. Difficile and Distinct Tropical Diseases

[ ISSN : 2576-4004 ]

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Received: 31-May-2018

Accepted: 19-Jun-2018

Published: 21-Jun-2018

Perspective | Volume 2 - Issue 3 | Article DOI :

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Nicholas A Kerna¹,²*

¹College of Medicine, University of Science, Arts and Technology, Montserrat, BWI
²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Suriwongse Medical Center, Thailand

Corresponding Author:

Nicholas A Kerna, College of Medicine, University of Science, Arts and Technology, USA, Email: nicholas.kerna@usat.edu

Keywords

Alternative Medicine; Antibiotics; Complementary Medicine; Diarrhea; Genetic Stability; Immunological; Intestinal Flora; Microbiota; Pathogenicity; Probiotics; Tight Junctions; Tropical Medicine; Toxigenicity

Abstract

Historically, in the absence of relevant independent scientific research, probiotics have become widely accepted and are being widely recommended and prescribed by healthcare providers and self-prescribed by patients and consumers. In antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), probiotics appear harmless while providing certain benefits. Probiotic use in particular situations and conditions should be considered for a global health proposal.

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Kerna NA. Global Health Preventive Medicine Overture: Select Probiotic Use in the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and the Treatment of C. Difficile and Distinct Tropical Diseases. SM Prev Med Public Health. 2018; 2(3): 1021.