TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH USING BUTYRATE-PRODUCING BACTERIA

摘要

A method of treating or preventing overgrowth by pathogenic bacteria in a subject deficient in butyrate and/or butyrate-producing bacteria in their gut microbiota by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a butyrate-producing bacteria to the subject is described. A prebiotic can be included with the butyrate-producing bacteria. Overgrowth by pathogenic bacteria is commonly caused by antibiotic administration.