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uniab t1_isun72m wrote

Reply to comment by Alpacaofvengeance in How is the human gut microbiome established in infancy or earlier on? by molllymaybe

That’s not true at all…

Antibiotics are a great example, they kill of a huge amount of bacteria a leave behind a micro biome with significantly less diversity. Then through eating some new bacteria can colonize.

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allminorchords t1_isvblqn wrote

In peritoneal dialysis, it is common practice in my region to have patients taking any oral/IV/IP abx to take probiotics to prevent colonization of yeast in the peritoneal cavity.

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somirion t1_it1u9ei wrote

It should be common everywhere.

Add also clostridium difficile, usually older patients.

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