Antibiotics Can Affect Gut For Several Years

Study: Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Antibiotic treatment can affect the composition of the gut microbiome for up to eight years, according to a new study from Uppsala University in Sweden. The changes are linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, among other conditions.

That antibiotics disrupt the gut microbiome in the short term is well known, but how long the changes actually pers…