Marshall wrote,

“That could only make sense if it was not only killing the bacteria, but
neutralizing the toxin as well.”

Just killing the organism should cause a steep increase in the symptoms when
the cell wall lyses.  Instead, symptoms reduce immediately ---in the
anecdotal reports I have seen.  It sounds like you are on to something.

It would be nice to have handy the services of a Bio-Chem lab, eh…

James-Osbourne: Holmes