Hi all,
I know nothing about using xylitol and colostrum for C. Diff. but came across these articles. Does anyone know more about this? Duh!!!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8856319
For many microorganisms, including Clostridium difficile, mucosal association is an important factor influencing intestinal colonisation and subsequent infection. Inhibition of adhesion of C. difficile to intestinal mucosa could be a new promising strategy for prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. We investigated the possibilities of influencing the adhesion of C. difficile by xylitol and bovine colostrum whey. Caco-2 cells and C. difficile cells were incubated with 1%, 5% and 10% solutions of xylitol and colostrum. Our study revealed that both xylitol and colostrum inhibited the adhesion of C. difficile to Caco-2 cells. Inhibition by xylitol was dose-dependent. When compared to the control, the count of adherent C. difficile decreased 3.4 times when treated with 1% xylitol, 12 times when 5% xylitol was applied, and 18.7 times when treated with 10% xylitol. The inhibition of adherence by colostrum was partially dose-dependent: 3.1 times in the case of 1%, and 5.5 times in the cases of 5% and 10% colostrum. Further experimental and clinical studies are needed for the application of xylitol and colostrum in the treatment and prophylaxis of pseudomembraneous colitis.
Here's another:
Alternative treatment for C diff infections
Arizona and the rest of the nation is now plagued with the gut infecting bacteria Clostridium difficile, which most know as C. diff. These bacteria used to grow in our GI tracts when our normal bacteria were damaged by too many antibiotics, but we now have a problem with this bug because it has become resistant to many of our more commonly used antibiotics.
A study from 1996 shows how xylitol may help this problem. Researchers in Estonia looked at what xylitol, which they and their Finnish neighbors commonly call birch sugar, does to the ability of these bacteria to hold on to the cells in the GI tract.
http://commonsensemedicine.org/articles-of-interest/alternative-treatment-for-c-diff-infections/
Denise