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zinc and infection

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:41 am
by jimmylegs
noted this one with interest, having endured candida infection as a kid followed by later lab-documented zinc deficiency, w associated consequences (including various internal and external infections) before during and after msdx:

Zinc supplementation reduces Candida infections in pediatric intensive care unit: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial (2018)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436042/

"... zinc supplementation shows beneficial clinical efficacy in reducing Candida infections among PICU patients on broad-spectrum antibiotics with critical illnesses."