Does the Gut Recover From Antibiotics? Understanding Microbiome Resilience
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A study published in *Nature* in 2018 found that while a short course of broad-spectrum antibiotics caused a dramatic shift in gut microbiota, the gut composition of healthy adults recovered to near-baseline within 1.5 months. However, this leads many to ask: **Does the gut recover from antibiotics?** The answer is complex, depending on many factors that influence the speed and extent of the microbiome's return to a healthy state.
