Probiotics show promise in mitigating antibiotic-induced gut microbiota disruption, however, further research is needed to ...

Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; stool frequency <four-times daily; no signs of severe colitis), clearly induced by the use of antibiotics, may be treated by stopping the inducing ...

Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), i.e. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, among those aged over 40, suggests research published online ...

Four patients with severe disease were cured after receiving the new broad-spectrum antibiotic tigecycline. When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with ...

Can probiotics help restore the microbiota? In a new review paper published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, eight scientists comprehensively examined the evidence on using probiotics ...