Antibiotics and the gut microbiome: Understanding the impact on human health

Antibiotic use has become problematic because it unintentionally upsets the delicate equilibrium of the human gut microbiota. Antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum ones, that were once regarded as life-saving treatments for bacterial infections instead indiscriminately destroy the good bacteria tha...

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Main Authors: Rahul Harikumar Lathakumari, Leela Kakithakara Vajravelu, Abhishek Satheesan, Sujith Ravi, Jayaprakash Thulukanam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Medicine in Microecology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590097824000090