Take Antibiotics, Get Candida!

It takes a while for science to catch up to what is already known by many people through observation and personal experience. This study from the University of Chicago is a good example. It’s also good to finally see science demonstrating what we already know about candida and antibiotics – “Take antibiotics and you’ll get candida!”

Although a well-functioning human intestine teems with a variety of microbial life, serious illness, long-term intravenous feeding, and multiple rounds of antibiotics wipe out much of this diversity. Inspection of 16S rRNA sequences from stool samples showed that the guts of five healthy volunteers harbored …read more