Antibiotic treatment increases the severity of asthma in young mice
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Treatment with the antibiotic vancomycin increases the severity of allergic asthma in young mice, researchers in Canada have revealed. The results are consistent with the “hygiene hypothesis” that links the loss of beneficial bacteria in the community of microorganisms in the gut, collectively known as the microbiota, to the onset of asthma.