10/3/19 10/3/19

Flu vaccination response weakened by antibiotic effects on gut microbiome

Microbiome loss from antibiotics weakens the response to flu vaccination, perturbs bile acid metabolism, and promotes pro-inflammatory signals.

9/15/19 9/15/19

Probiotics may impair post-antibiotic gut microbiome recovery

Probiotics taken after antibiotics may impair recovery of the gut microbiome and its functions.

10/11/18 10/11/18

Gut microbiome, SCFAs, mood disorders, ketogenic diet and seizures

SCFA (short-chain fatty acid) production by the gut microbiome has a large effect on autoimmunity, brain inflammation, neuropsychiatric disorders and seizures by Immune system modulation; and this positive effect can be damaged by antibiotics.

11/25/15 11/25/15

Antibiotics can adversely alter gut microbiome for a year

The fecal microbiome was severely affected by most antibiotics: for months, health-associated butyrate-producing species became strongly underrepresented...Clearly, even a single antibiotic treatment in healthy individuals contributes to the risk of resistance development and leads to long-lasting detrimental shifts in the gut microbiome.

3/4/13 3/4/13

Uncomplicated diverticulitis does not improve with antibiotics

Although acute diverticulitis is typically treated with a course of antibiotics, a randomized controlled trial just published in the journal Evidence Based Medicine examines this practice and finds that uncomplicated diverticulitis is not improved by antibiotic therapy.