With Probiotics, Resistance Is Not Always Futile

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Sep 12;24(3):334-336. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.014.

Abstract

Probiotics and other bacteriotherapies are actively being explored and applied as symptom- and disease-modifying agents. In a recent issue of Cell, two papers contribute to our understanding of how live bacterial therapies variably affect individuals and the short- and longer-term impact of these therapies on colonization and host response.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteria / growth & development
  • Bacterial Physiological Phenomena*
  • Dysbiosis / microbiology
  • Dysbiosis / therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / drug effects
  • Host Microbial Interactions / physiology
  • Humans
  • Probiotics / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents