A study found that giving infants their own pre-antibiotic stool back as a transplant helped restore their gut bacteria and metabolism after antibiotic treatment, while infants who didn't receive the transplant stayed disrupted for longer.
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Amoxicillin treatment in infants caused measurable disruption to gut microbial communities, increased antibiotic resistance genes, and altered metabolites including short-chain fatty acids and bile acids.
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The infant who did NOT receive the autologous fecal transplant showed persistently altered microbiome composition and antibiotic resistance gene profiles throughout the follow-up period.
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The infant who received their own pre-antibiotic stool back showed convergence toward pre-antibiotic microbial community structure and reduction of antibiotic resistance genes including β-lactam and tetracycline resistance genes.
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