Short- and long-term impacts of azithromycin treatment on the gut microbiota in children: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trialResearch in context

Background: Macrolides are commonly prescribed for respiratory infections and asthma-like episodes in children. While their clinical benefits have been proved, concerns regarding the side-effects of their therapeutic use have been raised. Here we assess the short- and long-term impacts of azithromyc...

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Main Authors: Shaodong Wei, Martin Steen Mortensen, Jakob Stokholm, Asker Daniel Brejnrod, Jonathan Thorsen, Morten Arendt Rasmussen, Urvish Trivedi, Hans Bisgaard, Søren Johannes Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418305395