Early life antibiotics and gut microbiome

[Otto Kretschmer]

I was born prematurely and received two courses of antibiotics for pneumonia

Can antibiotics in esrly life harm the microbiome in any way? If yes, what moght be the consequences?

 

[Michael Harrop]

Yes, they definitely can. There's a whole wiki page on this: https://humanmicrobiome.info/maternity/

Antibiotics at any point in life do long-term damage. Early life may be the most damaging though.