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Title

Microbiome: Fungal monopoly promotes allergy.

Authors

Bordon, Yvonne

Abstract

The article cites a research study by Y. Kim and colleagues, published in the journal "Nature Reviews Immonology," which shows antibiotics can promote allergic airway inflammation. They show antibiotics do so by leading to the overgrowth of commensal fungi in the gut in mice. Mice were treated with antibiotics to induce dysbiosis in the study.

Subjects

ANTIBIOTICS; LABORATORY mice; ALLERGIES; INFLAMMATION

Publication

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 4, p234

ISSN

1740-1526

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nrmicro3249