Deworming drugs can stop dead C. difficile bacteria

This is considered a new medical mission discovery from worm medicine.

Researchers from Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in San Diego have announced that worm removers can prevent the growth of C. Difficile strains as well as stop recurrent ear infections .

Previously, C. difficile is a bacterium that causes colitis , manifested through diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain. According to a research report from the C. Difficile Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated half a million people were infected in 2015 in the United States, and 29,000 people died of infections within 30 days. from diagnosis.

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The new discovery shows that Salicylanilides used to treat and de-worm on cattle and sheep goats can prevent the spread of bacteria that cause colitis C. Difficile.

To get this result, the team cultivated three C. difficile strains of the virus - rafoxanide, niclosamid, and oxyclozanide, which then worked with salicylanilides.

Results showed that all three C. difficile virus strains - rafoxanide, niclosamid, and oxyclozanide were subjected to antipyretic salicylanilides inhibiting activity and preventing the spread of development virus was clearly demonstrated.

The team has not yet been able to determine why Salicylanilides can resist so many miraculous C. Difficile strains, however, a side-by-side diagnosis shows Salicylanilides itself when it comes to infection. It broke, changing the electrical properties of the membrane of C. Difficile virus, making it impossible to spread and survive long.

The medical group has been and continues to study Salicylanilides deworming drugs applied on human body. And if the test results are successful, the drug will be made into a tablet and provide support for treatment of patients with colitis caused by C. Difficile virus strain.

Huynh Dung ( According to Medicalnewstoday)