CAP : the process
Doxy and azith are bacteriostatics, they inhibit the replication (and some Cpn die in the process) but don’t directly kill the Cpn. Flagyl/Tini are bacteriocidal, they actually kill bacteria, especially anaerobes, as well as other organisms like protozoa.
One of the ways Cpn survives is by inhibiting apoptosis (natural cell deathi) of the host cell. When you force it into cryptic state you now have an “immortalized” host cell (inhibited from apoptosis by the still present but cryptic Cpn) until either:
* You stop the antibiotics and the cryptic returns to replicating form and eventually lyses the host cell to release the EB’s into the bloodstream, or,
* You take Flagyl and kill the Cpn (likely it kills both cryptic forms and to some degree also even replicating forms as well according to Dr. Stratton’s speculations).
So, take flagyl, kill the Cpn and cause mass apoptosis of host cells along with the Cpn.
Then… you have post-kill reactions like endtoxins to clean up, porphyrins dumped from intracellular storage, and immune cell reactions as your immune system gears up to clean up the mess!
