Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
7-2025
Abstract
If you have not read this eye-opening commentary by Dr. Martin Blaser about the negative impact of the widespread use of antibiotics in children, you should. The goal of giving antibiotics to children usually is to treat an infection — an earache, a respiratory tract infection, or perhaps a potentially deadly bloodstream infection. Those antibiotics, however, will often kill more than just the bacteria that are causing the infection. Humans have large quantities of “good bacteria” in our intestinal tracts, on our skin, and elsewhere on our body that play an important role in keeping us healthy.
Keywords
Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics
Disciplines
Infectious Disease | Microbiology
eCommons Citation
Tenover, Fred C., "Commentary on Blaser's "Antibiotic use and its consequences for the normal microbiome"" (2025). AMR Commentary. 1.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/amr_commentary/1
