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Aren't gut bacteria surviving in the appendix, replenishing after antibiotics finished their course?
by bitL 3y ago
Aren't gut bacteria surviving in the appendix, replenishing after antibiotics finished their course?
- qqqwerty 3y agoThat is my very rough understanding. They do a number on your gut, and they probably significantly alter the balance of the microbiome, but they don't give you a clean slate by any means. Not sure what the term of art is for the "poop pills", but feels like something like that would be required here. Maybe specially tailored to out-competing the bacteria in question.
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoLikely there will be bacteriophages in the environment where the Desulfovibrio arise that target it, those could make for a very specific therapy (assuming the causal link holds).