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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-06-01
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Series: | Medicine in Microecology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590097824000090 |