Probiotic

Using probiotics can lead to bacterial growth in the small intestine, causing brain fog and rapid abdominal bloating, according to research published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

ATLANTA — In this video, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board member Ellie J.C. Goldstein, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, and director of the R.M. Alden Research Laboratory in Santa Monica, California, highlights notable presentations at this year’s ASM Microbe.

Daily use of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 reduced the odds of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in stool samples of VA patients with initial extra-gastrointestinal colonization but did not have the same effect in samples from other sites on the body, researchers said.