The impact of mass drug administration of antibiotics on the gut microbiota of target populations
Open Access
- 30 June 2022
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Vol. 11 (1), 1-20
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00999-5
Abstract
Antibiotics have become a mainstay of healthcare in the past century due to their activity against pathogens. This manuscript reviews the impact of antibiotic use on the intestinal microbiota in the context of mass drug administration (MDA). The importance of the gut microbiota to human metabolism and physiology is now well established, and antibiotic exposure may impact host health via collateral effects on the microbiota and its functions. To gain further insight into how gut microbiota respond to antibiotic perturbation and the implications for public health, factors that influence the impact of antibiotic exposure on the microbiota, potential health outcomes of antibiotic-induced microbiota alterations, and strategies that have the potential to ameliorate these wider antibiotic-associated microbiota perturbations are also reviewed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Greenwall Foundation
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