Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 15:14 in Health & Medicine

Repeated use of an antibiotic that is considered generally benign, because users seldom incur obvious side effects, induces cumulative and persistent changes in the composition of the beneficial microbial species inhabiting the human gut, researchers have found.

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