Table 3.
The effects of blueberry on gastrointestinal pathogen infection.
| Pathogens | Before therapy | After 1-month therapy | After 2-month therapy | After 3-month therapy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | PG | BG | PG | BG | PG | BG | PG | |
| Clostridium difficile | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Campylobacter spp. | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Shigella spp. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Giardia spp. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Salmonella spp. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| E. coli O157 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Mixed infection | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Total cases | 62 | 62 | 41 | 57 | 16 | 52 | 10 | 49 |