” the gut bacterium Eggerthella lenta modifies the cardiac drug digoxin, and renders it inactive …implicated a role for arginine in regulating the growth of the organism”[2013]

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• Chemotherapy

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

• Vancomycin

PubMed Data

There are 120+ studies on PubMed.

• Disease:
  • Peritonitis caused by veillonella species and Eggerthella lenta in peritoneal dialysis.[2014]
  • “rheumatoid arthritis  associated” [2016]
  • ” Species more abundant with frailty included Eubacterium dolichum and Eggerthella lenta.” [2016]
  • “Systemic lupus erythematosus… were significantly enriched,” [2016]
• Diet:
  • Low Vitamin D… Eggerthella was enriched.[2015]
  • “the daily consumption of red wine polyphenol…significantly increased the number of … Eggerthella lenta, ” [2012]
  • The tea tree oil was the most active to Eggerthella” [2016]
• Probiotics:
•  Antibiotics:
  • “all were susceptible to amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefoxitin, metronidazole, piperacillin-tazobactam, ertapenem, and meropenem, 91% were susceptible to clindamycin, 74% were susceptible to moxifloxacin, and 39% were susceptible to penicillin.” [2015]

Bottom Line

Avoid

• Grape seed extract, wine, Resveratrol
• Arginine supplements

Take

• Vitamin D
• Tea Tree Oil