Flu remedies help combat E. coli bacteria

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

If the intestinal bacteria level becomes unbalanced, it can cause diseases. Physiologists now reveal how a specific carbohydrate in the intestinal mucosa heavily multiplies certain E. coli bacteria and thus causes inflammations. These could be treated with flu remedies, which opens up new therapeutic possibilities.

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