A study by the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York has shown that antibiotics affect the intestinal microflora in such a way that they facilitate new infections by pathogenic bacteria due to the alteration they cause, which persists long after their administration.
The research led by Eric Palmer was conducted on mice. Bacterial DNA was extracted from their microflora, the 16s rRNA gene was amplified using PCR, and the resulting product was sequenced.
Analyzing the sequences obtained using complex bioinformatics programs, the results showed that both ampicillin and vancomycin produce changes that persist after treatment, with the most significant alteration being a decrease in two of the most important beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal, vaginal, and oral microflora.
Mice that had been given antibiotics were then infected with the vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, which immediately colonized their intestines. However, when mice that had not been given the antibiotic were infected, the enterococcus was eliminated without any problems.
The news is significant because more and more people infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria end up with these bacteria in their bloodstream, putting their lives at serious risk.
Enterococcus is a bacterium that occurs naturally in the human intestines. Some strains have become resistant to vancomycin and are therefore called vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
Biological medicine understands that there are multiple influences that cause disease and seeks to enable the body itself to resolve its problems and disorders, without automatically resorting to antibiotics.
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