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“Natural” therapy for infectious diseases
Author(s) -
Golledge Clayton L,
Riley Thomas V
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb101359.x
Subject(s) - natural (archaeology) , niche , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , immunology , virology , biology , ecology , disease , pathology , paleontology
Introduce the right kind of bacteria and several pathogens lose their niche in the human host — that's the rationale behind probiotic therapy. These and some other “natural” therapies are popular with patients and increasingly supported by research results.