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Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child
There has been a rise in antibiotic resistance in secondary conditions such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) due to overuse of antibiotics. Oral antibiotics are used to treat C. difficile, which further disrupts the intestinal flora resulting in unwanted side effects. Naturopathic treatments...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9168092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35677311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2002488 |
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author | Littman, Emily Winningham, Nicole Carson, Tana B. Hidalgo, Ivette M. |
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description | There has been a rise in antibiotic resistance in secondary conditions such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) due to overuse of antibiotics. Oral antibiotics are used to treat C. difficile, which further disrupts the intestinal flora resulting in unwanted side effects. Naturopathic treatments often have fewer side effects and lower secondary infection risk than pharmaceutical interventions making them ideal for pediatric use. This case report describes the effective treatment of a pediatric clinical case of C. difficile using naturopathic and complementary alternative medicines (CAMs) including black seed oil (Nigella sativa), bentonite clay, and probiotics. A healthy two-year-old patient presented to a pediatrician with symptoms of, and subsequently confirmed, C. difficile after having been recently hospitalized and treated for a gluteal abscess and cellulitis using clindamycin, vancomycin, and piperacillin/tazobactam. Through a shared decision-making process, the patient's mother and providers developed a treatment plan for the C. difficile infection (CDI), which included black seed oil, bentonite clay, and Lactobacillus probiotics. No C. difficile was detected via stool immunoassay after 4 days of combined CAM therapy. Our results underscore the need for additional research regarding the effectiveness of naturopathic CAMs including black seed oil, bentonite clay, and probiotics as alternatives to antibiotic treatment of CDI in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-91680922022-06-07 Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child Littman, Emily Winningham, Nicole Carson, Tana B. Hidalgo, Ivette M. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report There has been a rise in antibiotic resistance in secondary conditions such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) due to overuse of antibiotics. Oral antibiotics are used to treat C. difficile, which further disrupts the intestinal flora resulting in unwanted side effects. Naturopathic treatments often have fewer side effects and lower secondary infection risk than pharmaceutical interventions making them ideal for pediatric use. This case report describes the effective treatment of a pediatric clinical case of C. difficile using naturopathic and complementary alternative medicines (CAMs) including black seed oil (Nigella sativa), bentonite clay, and probiotics. A healthy two-year-old patient presented to a pediatrician with symptoms of, and subsequently confirmed, C. difficile after having been recently hospitalized and treated for a gluteal abscess and cellulitis using clindamycin, vancomycin, and piperacillin/tazobactam. Through a shared decision-making process, the patient's mother and providers developed a treatment plan for the C. difficile infection (CDI), which included black seed oil, bentonite clay, and Lactobacillus probiotics. No C. difficile was detected via stool immunoassay after 4 days of combined CAM therapy. Our results underscore the need for additional research regarding the effectiveness of naturopathic CAMs including black seed oil, bentonite clay, and probiotics as alternatives to antibiotic treatment of CDI in children. Hindawi 2022-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9168092/ /pubmed/35677311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2002488 Text en Copyright © 2022 Emily Littman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Littman, Emily Winningham, Nicole Carson, Tana B. Hidalgo, Ivette M. Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title | Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title_full | Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title_fullStr | Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title_full_unstemmed | Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title_short | Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child |
title_sort | black seed oil, bentonite clay, and probiotics: a comprehensive holistic cure for clostridium difficile infection in a 2-year-old female child |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9168092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35677311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2002488 |
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