«It could be that, in some people,
a drug alters the microbiome so that it causes additional health problems in the form of side effects,» Payami said.
Although we already knew that antibiotics — which, by definition, kill bacteria — can dramatically
alter the gut
microbiome, the team found that antihistamines, hormonal contraceptives and anti-inflammatory
drugs also appear to have an effect.
Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut
microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting
altered the gut
microbiome in beneficial ways but only in mice previously fed a high fat diet; An investigation into new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial community structure independent of diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin
microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The
microbiome is
altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated soil; The impact of urban density on the soil
microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based
drug for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico