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Unlike bacteria, the microorganism is less likely to exchange genetic material with other microbes and doesn't take up residence in the gastrointestinal tract where it could potentially disrupt microbial communities.

However, the vaccines fail to clear bacteria from the upper respiratory tract, allowing even vaccinated individuals to spread the disease.

He has already seen a surge in patients complaining of respiratory tract illnesses - “particularly worrying because we have not yet seen our first cold wave of the winter season”.

SIBO, also known as blind loop syndrome, commonly occurs “when a circumstance — such as surgery or disease — slows the passage of food and waste products in the digestive tract.”

Hawkins noted that Crain had strep and a urinary tract infection, wrote up a prescription and discharged her.