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SRL 172, a protein derived from a soil-based organism, is advertised for being able to restart the immune systems of persons with allergies, lung cancer, and tuberculosis. SRL 172 also appears to shift the cytokine profile in persons with Gulf War Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from TH2 back to the more effective TH1 profile. One patient reports improved DTH skin responses to topical DNCB after using Nature's Biotics Soil-based Organisms (SBOs). There also appeared to be improved immunity response indicating a shift from a weaker TH2 to a TH1 cytokine profile. The patient explains his successful use of SBOs and reveals that all but 1 out of 100 other patients who have used the product for a variety of ailments cite successful outcomes. Among the ailments whose symptoms the SBOs have helped relieve are foot sores from diabetes, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, insomnia, and genital herpes. Recent use of SBOs by HIV-infected patients has had positive results in energy and weight gain and improvements in some types of chronic conditions indicating an improvement of cell mediated immunity and antibody production.
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PMID:Soil-based organisms improve immune function: shift cytokine profile from TH2 to TH1. 1136 13

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, self-limited disease of unknown etiology. This condition is most commonly encountered in Asian and Caucasian females of childbearing age who usually present with cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. Though rarely, KFD has been described in younger African-American females as well. It often mimics more serious conditions such as lymphoma, metastatic solid malignancy, HIV infection, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, or systemic lupus erythematosus. Although its etiopathogenesis has not been fully elucidated, literature suggests viral or possibly autoimmune components to play a role. We describe a 34-year-old African-American female who presented with constitutional symptoms and polyadenopathy on clinical examination and imaging, of which the portacaval and portahepatis lymph nodes were most prominent. An extensive workup was otherwise unremarkable, and biopsy showed histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. Initially, her clinical condition improved spontaneously, and she required only a short course of oral steroids. Three months later, she relapsed with bilateral cervical adenopathy and constitutional symptoms and was successfully managed again with steroids. Our case is unique with respect to (a) portahepatis and portacaval node enlargement as the dominant adenopathy and (b) her underlying conditions of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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PMID:An unusual presentation of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. 2483 Jan 20

Post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome is a public health problem. Etiologies and physiopathological mechanisms are unknown. Some viruses are known to be involved in post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome, but the role of bacterial infection is still questioned, especially in cases of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome where subjective symptoms are regularly attributed to the presence of the dormant bacterium without scientific evidence. However, the medical experience of recalcitrant infections, relapses, and reactivations questions the role of "dormant bacteria" in asymptomatic latent infections as well as in subjective symptoms. We summarized scientific literature data on post-bacterial infection chronic fatigue syndrome, the role of dormant bacteria in latent infections, and bacterial asymptomatic carriage. Subjective symptoms described in post-infectious chronic fatigue syndromes are still misunderstood and there is no evidence suggesting that such symptoms could be related to dormant bacterial infection or carriage of viable bacteria. Psychological trauma may be part of these subjective symptoms. Post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome could nonetheless be due to unknown microorganisms. Antibiotic treatment is not required for latent infections, except for latent syphilis and latent tuberculosis infections to prevent, after the primary infection, progression to the secondary or tertiary stage of the disease.
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PMID:Post-bacterial infection chronic fatigue syndrome is not a latent infection. 3072 45