Enterococcus Faecalis and the CNS - Neuromuscular Diseases Message Board

t24d7m44 · 06-07-2001, 04:15 AM

Enterococcus Faecalis and the CNS

In a continuing study on a microbe that causes inflammation of tissues I am looking to correlate the presence of this microbe with various medical conditions. The microbe Enterococcus Faecalis (EF) is not recognised as a pathogen and therefore is not looked for by the medical profession. In assessing the nature of any problem that may be presented at examination, doctors will examine for various catalogued pathogens and if none of these are present, they will send the patient home advising that all is normal and that there is no need to worry about anything.
The medical profession is by necessity a very conservative body, that works by following carefully established procedures. If anything they come across is not specified within the set procedure, as it relates to known conditions, then it is likely to be dismissed as irrelevant. The fact that the EF is not a recognised pathogen, will inevitable mean that many people contaminated with this microbe will remain untreated and I wonder if there are any cases of this microbe contaminating the Central Nervous System. Any such cases will be discharged, simply because procedures do not include test for EF and any subsequent developments will be categorised as due to unknown causes.
In particular, I am trying to gather information of damage to the CNS and would like to obtain evidence of the presence of EF in any CNS tissue and in particular, to look for contamination in cases of rapid onset senile dementia. Information is required on the effect EF inflammatory agents, have on dendrite formations, synaptic processes and the neuromuscular junctions.
Any information on this microbe would be welcomed, the idea being to present enough cases to the medical profession so that it revises it’s specification on this very damaging microbe.
Cross reference, Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

SusanM · 06-14-2001, 10:38 AM

I was wondering, other than the rapid onset senile dementia, what other problems can this pathogen possibly cause?

t24d7m44 · 06-24-2001, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by SusanM:
I was wondering, other than the rapid onset senile dementia, what other problems can this pathogen possibly cause?

Scientific proof, that a microbe is the causative agent of a given disease, is a precise process that requires professional people with suitable facilities and proper procedures. In the absence of these complex trials with exacting controls, all one can do is to attract people in the field, who might be prepared to look at any problem readers put forward.
So, will somebody with access to these conditions, please have a look and at least, exclude the possibility that EF may be damaging people.
BRB
UK