Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014

Intestinal MIcrobiota, Antibiotics and Neutropenic Colitis

Jesus Reyna Figueroa, Vicente Madrid Marina

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Neutropenic colitis is a complication for patients receiving chemotherapy; it has been considered that the use of antimicrobial agents to treat it is essential. Some studies have shown that the use of these agents modifies the habitual microbiota, and others have revealed that intestinal dysbiosis produces biological alterations that have an impact on the intestinal environment and on the subjects’ health state. In neutropenic colitis, the interaction of multiple factors interferes with the identification of a sole factor as responsible for this complication.

The interaction between antibiotics, microbiota and chemotherapy establishes conditions that favor microenvironmental alterations that should be taken into account when treating neutropenic colitis.

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Jesus Reyna- Figueroa, Vicente Madrid- Marina Intestinal MIcrobiota, Antibiotics and Neutropenic Colitis Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. II

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