title: "Natural" therapy for infectious diseases.
abstract: Introduce the right kind of bacteria and several pathogens lose their niche in the human host--that's the rationale behind probiotic therapy. These and some other "natural" therapies are popular with patients and increasingly supported by research results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Perth.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Golledge
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Riley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D007778:Lactobacillus; D010946:Plants, Medicinal