Antibiotics and the human gut microbiome: Dysbioses and accumulation of resistances

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Francino, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Atopy; Autoimmunity; Dysbiosis; Human gut microbiota; Immunotolerance; Inflammation; Resistance reservoir

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DYSBIOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 84957990262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01543     Document Type: Review

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