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ISSN |
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
Open Access |
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Review |
Article Title |
Eubiotic properties of rifaximin: Disruption of the traditional concepts in gut microbiota modulation
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Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
All Author List |
Francesca Romana Ponziani, Maria Assunta Zocco, Francesca D'Aversa, Maurizio Pompili and Antonio Gasbarrini |
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Corresponding Author |
Dr. Francesca R Ponziani MD, Division of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy. francesca.ponziani@yahoo.it |
Key Words |
Intestinal bacteria; Antibiotic; Rifaximin; Gut microbiota; Eubiosis; Dysbiosis; Gut microbiota modulation |
Core Tip |
The traditional use of antibiotics in the clinical practice is to antagonize local or systemic infections. However, antibiotics induce several alterations of the gut microbiota, including the reduction of beneficial bacteria as well as of microbial diversity. Rifaximin is a non-absorbable antibiotic with broad-spectrum activity and non-traditional antimicrobial effects. Rifaximin has the potential to induce a positive modulation of the gut microbiota, favoring the growth of bacteria beneficial to the host without altering its overall composition. Therefore, rifaximin can be defined not only as an antibiotic but also as an “eubiotic”, namely a positive modulator of the gut ecosystem. |
Publish Date |
2017-07-07 11:41 |
Citation |
Ponziani FR, Zocco MA, D’Aversa F, Pompili M, Gasbarrini A. Eubiotic properties of rifaximin: Disruption of the traditional concepts in gut microbiota modulation. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(25): 4491-4499 |
URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i25/4491.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i25.4491 |
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