file.newsgroup.med.59373 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (David Rind)
Subject: Re: Candida(yeast) Bloom, Fact or Fiction
In article <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:
>oxygen(just like it does in the vagina). As much stuff as there is in the
>lay press about L. acidophilus and vaginal yeast infections, I'm really
>amazed that someone has not done a clinical trial yet to check it out.
I've mentioned this study a couple of times now: Ingestion of yogurt
containing Lactobacillus acidophilus as prophylaxis for candidal
vaginitis, Annals of Internal Medicine, 3/1/92 116(5):353-7. Do you
have a problem with the study because they used yogurt rather than
capsules of lactobacillus (even though it had positive results)?
The study was a crossover trial of daily ingestion of 8 ounces of
yogurt. There was a marked decrease in infections while women were
ingesting the yogurt. Problems with the study included very small
numbers (33 patients enrolled) and many protocol violations (only
21 patients were analyzed). Still, the difference in rates of infection
between the two groups was so large that the study remains fairly
believable.
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David Rind
[email protected]