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MotherHolle t1_issyhxx wrote

Reply to comment by Chambana_Raptor in How is the human gut microbiome established in infancy or earlier on? by molllymaybe

Proof of the efficacy of probiotics is pretty mixed. There's only marginal evidence they might be beneficial when taking antibiotics. Many of the bacteria in probiotics fail to establish in the gut. Fecal transplants, on the other hand, show a lot of effectiveness.

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somirion t1_it1ufm1 wrote

Probiotics are not used to establish a healthy flora, but a flora, that wont hurt you.
If there is nothing and intensines are free for colonization you are asking yeast or different bacteria like clostridium to take a hold there.

If it is colonized already, this is harder.

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