Vancomycin treatment of infective endocarditis is linked with recently acquired obesity.

BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota play a major role in digestion and energy conversion of nutrients. Antibiotics, such as avoparcin (a vancomycin analogue), and probiotics, such as Lactobacillus species, have been used to increase weight in farm animals. We tested the effect of antibiotics given for infect...

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Main Authors: Franck Thuny, Hervé Richet, Jean-Paul Casalta, Emmanouil Angelakis, Gilbert Habib, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2818846?pdf=render