Re: useful dental inefction link

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Good job, Lynn. I haven't been to that site for a while. It does

have a great break down of all the various bugs and classes of bugs,

and the drugs that " generally " are thought to be effective against

them.

I find this statement interesting:

" Penicillin administration has been associated with the emergence of

BLPB in the oropharynx. Two studies[18,19] demonstrated the rapid

emergence of BLPB (beta-lactamase-producing bacilli) following

penicillin therapy. BLPB were isolated in 14% of children prior to

penicillin therapy, and in 48% following a course of 7 days of oral

penicillin therapy. Three months later, 25% of patients were still

colonized by resistant bacteria.[18] These organisms were also

isolated from household contacts of children repeatedly treated with

penicillin, suggesting possible transfer within a family.[19] "

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It's been assumed until recently that penicillin was no longer an

effective drug, but lately, it's once again becoming the drug of

choice according to a number of researchers. According to a local

Infectious Disease doc, the dosage and duration of penicillin

treatment is very important. He says that too low a dose and you're

making things worse. Stratton/Wheldon are using Penicillin for up to

a year, or something like that, aren't they?

In the above studies, 14% of patients entered the treatment with

BLBP (bacterial resistance). After 7 days of treatment there was a

substantial increase (48%) of patients showing BLBP, but after 3

months, the resistant BLBP had decreased back down to 25% of

patients. I wonder what the dosages were, and what would have

happened with larger amounts of drug? Also, what would have happened

if people continued with the penicillin past 3 months?

Things are never exactly as they seem when it comes to treating

these bugs, so assuming things as we often do is probably a bad

idea. :-)

penny

bunnylyz@a... wrote:

> Hi,

> found a good dental link if anyone's interested. It lists all the

possible

> infections with the medications and all kinds of toxicity tests,

etc.

> _www.altcorp.com/AffinityLaboratory/dentalinfections.htm_

> (http://www.altcorp.com/AffinityLaboratory/dentalinfections.htm)