Autism Therapy: clostridial

definition of clostridial: Type of bacteria that are common in our environment and particularly like to live in soil. When clostridium bacteria are stressed, they produce spores. Clostridial spores are very hardy and can survive more extreme conditions than the bacteria. The spores also produce toxins that can make people sick. Clostridial spores are known for causing botulism (food poisoning) and tetanus. Some children with autism have been treated with antibiotics to rid the body of possible clostridial spores. Some of these children showed improvement with this treatment.

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Therapy and Epidemiology of Autism – Clostridial Spores as Key Elements
Medical Hypotheses, by Finegold, SM, published in 2008, summarized Apr 4, 2008

Vancomycin therapy may help autism by killing clostridia bacteria.

In this review article, the author looks at published research that supports the idea that autism may be caused by a bacterial (clostridia) infection of the gut. The author states that in most cases autism begins after the child receives antibiotics, thus making it possible for bad bacteria to grow up in the gut. The author believes that the widespread use of antibiotics may be the cause of the increase in autism. In many cases, autism improves when the child is given the drug vancomycin, which kills any bad bacteria in the gut. The bad bacteria have spores, however, and the spores survive treatment with vancomycin and are able to cause a relapse of autism.


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    • Synonyms for clostridial include: clostridia, clostridium
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