re thrush was good grief was re candida albicans what is it in article apr ucsvax sdsu edu mccurdy ucsvax sdsu edu mccurdy m writes my dentist who sees a fair amount of thrush recommended acidophilous after i began taking acidophilous on a daily basis the outbreaks ceased when i quit taking the acidophilous the outbreaks periodically resumed i resumed taking the acidophilous with no further outbreaks since then this is the second post which seems to be blurring the distinction between real disease caused by candida albicans and the disease that was being asked about systemic yeast syndrome there is no question that candida albicans causes thrush it also seems to be the case that active yogurt cultures with acidophilous may reduce recurrences of thrush at least for vaginal thrush i ve never heard of anyone taking it for oral thrush before though presumably it would work by the same mechanism candida is clearly a common minor pathogen and a less common major pathogen that does not mean that there is evidence that it causes the systemic yeast syndrome david rind rind enterprise bih harvard edu
