Intestinal microbiota of patients with bacterial infection of the respiratory tract treated with amoxicillin

The intestinal tract harbors a huge diversity of metabolically-active aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that interact, forming a complex ecosystem. This microbiota has an important role in human metabolism, nutrition, immunity, and protection against colonization by pathogenic microorganisms. Several f...

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Main Authors: Maria Tereza Ferreira Duenhas Monreal, Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira, Carlos Alberto de Magalhães Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000400005&lng=en&tlng=en