The Pervasive Effects of an Antibiotic o
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Dethlefsen, Les; Huse, Sue; Sogin, Mitchell L.; Relman, David A.; Eisen, Jonatha
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Article
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2008
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Public Library of Science
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English
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The human intestinal microbiota is essential to the health of the host and plays a role in nutrition, development, metabolism, pathogen resistance, and regulation of immune responses. Antibiotics may disrupt these coevolved interactions, leading to acute or chronic disease in some individuals. Our u