Threelac is unsafe, Please read before you take anymore. Should be banned in USA

[Guest guest]

I have provided sniplets from various site about Enterococcus

Faecalis which is an ingredient in Threelac. It can cause you to

become immune to other antibiotics and other horrible things. Please

read before using Threelac. This product should be banned as it is

unsafe

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/bugs/strfaeca.html

The enterococcus (previously Streptococcus faecalis), causes many of

the same problems as other members of the intestinal flora. These

include opportunistic urinary tract infections and wound infections

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/genomes.html?

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria/Enterococcus_faecalis.html

Scientists have identified a virulence region never seen before in

the genome of Enterococcus faecalis - a leading cause of bacterial

infection among hospital patients. There has long been concern about

the dangers of antibiotic resistance and its implications for the

return of infectious diseases that cannot be effectively treated.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/msds-ftss/msds146e.html

Canada lists it as: MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET - INFECTIOUS

SUBSTANCES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterococcus_faecalis

Enterococcus faecalis is a Gram-positive commensal bacteria

inhabiting the alimentary canals of humans and animals, are now

acknowledged to be organisms capable of causing life-threatening

infections in humans, especially in the nosocomial (hospital)

environment. The existence of enterococci in such a dual role is

facilitated, at least in part, by its intrinsic and acquired

resistance to virtually all antibiotics currently in use.

E. facaelis can cause endocarditis, as well as bladder, prostate,

and epididymal infections; nervous system infections are less common.

http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/short/116/10/2799?rss=1

Increasing multidrug resistance in Enterococcus faecalis, a

nosocomial opportunist and common cause of bacterial endocarditis,

emphasizes the need for alternative therapeutic approaches such as

immunotherapy or immunoprophylaxis.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/332/1/26

Although Enterococcus faecalis was once regarded as nonpathogenic,

this opportunistic gram-positive coccus now ranks among the most

troublesome hospital pathogens. It has intrinsic resistance to many

antibiotics and a remarkable capacity for developing resistance to

others.

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/25d56.htm

Infections caused by Enterococcus faecalis include urinary tract,

surgical wound, abdominal, pelvic and neonatal infections.

Enterococcus faecalis is an important cause of endocarditis and

mortality due to enterococcal bacteremia. It is estimated that well

over 800,000 cases per year of enterococcus infections are reported

in the U.S. alone, the third largest cause of hospital based

infections. Many strains of Enterococcus faecalis are resistant to

most antibiotics and many have acquired resistance to vancomycin,

rendering conventional therapies insufficient for serious infections.

[Guest guest]

There's far more E. faecialis per CC of fecal content already in your

bowel than in probiotic capsules that contain it. Is it causing

problems? No, because it's part of the normal ecology.

The writer's claim that any organism would make one " immune to

antibiotics " should raise an eyebrow or two, knowing that's not how

antibiotics work. Antibiotic resistance of e. faecialis is a non-issue

to people with a robust bowel ecology.

It's just a scare tactic to leverage sales of her inferior probiotic.

See this pragraph -- does the poster know what commensal means? No.

> Enterococcus faecalis is a Gram-positive commensal bacteria

> inhabiting the alimentary canals of humans and animals,

See also my earlier critique:

candidiasis/message/48046

Duncan