Brittany Christopherson's Annotated Bibliography

Hektoen,L., Larsen, S.,Ødegaard,S.A., & Løken, T. (2004). Comparison of Homeopathy, Placebo and Antibiotic Treatment of Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows – Methodological Issues and Results from a Randomized-clinical Trial. Journal of Veterinary Medicine, A (51), 439–446. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

This article dealt with a clinical study upon dairy cattle looking at the differences in effectiveness of homeopathic, placebo, and antibiotic treatments. The study concluded with little difference between the three treatments at day 7 and only slight differences between antibiotic and homeopathic regimes at day 28.

Mahady, G. (2005). Medicinal Plants for the Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial Infections. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 11(19), 2405-2427. Retrieved from Academic Premier Search database.

This article is primarily a resource for bringing centuries of remedies and the vast array of recent research into the viability of such remedies together to form a starting point from which to branch off into specific areas of alternative medicine.

Mancini, I., Defant, A., & Guella, G. (2007)Recent Synthesis of Marine Natural Products with Antibacterial Activities. Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 6, 17-48. Retrieved from Academic Premier database.

This article review focused on the multitude of emerging substances from marine environments from 2000- 2007 that have been found to possess antibacterial properties. These findings were condensed into a single source that collected the past studies in order to offer potential ideas for new antibiotics and remedies.

Martin, K. & Ernst, E. (2003) Herbal medicines for treatment of bacterial infections: a review of controlled clinical trials. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 51 (2), 241-246. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkg087.

This article summarizes the findings of various studies as well as the retest results of the effectiveness of various natural remedies. The results showed three remedies as ineffective, one as slightly effective, and three remedies as equally as effective as antibiotic treatments.

Moon, H.I. & Sim, J. (2008). Antimalarial activity in mice of resveratrol derivative from Pleuropterus ciliinervis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 102 (5), 447–450. Retrieved from Academic Premier Search database.

This article studied the anti-malarial properties of methanol extracts from Pleuropterus ciliinervis roots and compared the effectiveness of doses of these extracts versus that of commonly used pharmaceuticals. It was shown that the extracts in high doses work just as well as pharmaceutical treatment.

Nakajima, S., Fujita, K., Inoue, Y.. Nishio, M., & Seto, Y. (2006). “Effect of Folk Remedy, Bainiku-akisu, a Concentrate of Prunus mume Juice, on Helicobacter pylori Infection in Humans.” Helicobacter 11 (6), 589-591. Retrieved from Academic Premier Search database.

This study was conducted to examine the antibiotic properties of Bainiku-ekisu and effectiveness in treating H. pylori bacteria. Though slight improvements were seen with the remedy, lasting effects will depend on further research into an appropriate clinical regimen.

Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center. (n.d.) Guide to Nutritional and Herbal Remedies. http://www.all-natural.com/herbnutr.html

This website chronicles the multiple herbal remedies used to treat ailments of every shape and size. Several remedies mention anti-bacterial properties.

Nelson, J., Kusmiesz, H., Jackson, L., & Woodman, E. (1980). Treatment of Salmonella Gastroenteritis with Ampicillin Amoxicillin, or Placebo. Pediatrics, 65(6), 1125. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

This article documented a study focused on the recovery from uncomplicated salmonella gastroenteritis using regimens of amoxicillin, ampicillin, or a placebo in infants and children. This study found that antibiotics had no greater effectiveness in the treatment of the condition. Furthermore, antibiotic treatments were found to increase the likelihood of relapse.

OTC lotion matches antibiotics in treating acne. (2005). Cortlandt Forum, 18(2), 22. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

This article summarized a study focused on comparing the effectiveness of OTC benzoyl peroxide versus antibiotics minocycline and tetracycline in treating acne. The results of this study showed that though a combination of both an OTC and an antibiotic provide the most improvement, the OTC alone performed just as well as an antibiotic.

Vouloumanou, E., Karageorgopoulos, D., Kazantzi1, M., Kapaskelis, A., & Falagas, M. (2009). Antibiotics versus placebo or watchful waiting for acute otitis media: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 64, 16–24. doi:10.1093/jac/dkp166

This article addressed the differences between antibiotic, placebo, and watchful waiting treatment of pediatric Acute Otis Media. Though antibiotics sped up recovery time, this type of treatment also caused more side effects, specifically diarrhea. Furthermore, it was found that there were few other differences in the treatments.