Antibiotic resistance can be passed from mother to child

Antibiotics can affect bacteria, communities of bacteria that live in the gut and other parts of the body that pass from the mother to the next generations and cause illness if abused.

According to Time, in the study published in Nature Microbiology, the researchers found that: When giving healthy pregnant mice a normal microbe or exposure to antibiotics, follow that. , the pups born had a change in the microorganism transmitted by their mothers.

Antibiotic abuse can cause health complications even beyond antibiotic resistance.

The researchers also looked at a group of mice at high risk of development, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and found that those born with mothers with antibiotic-infected microorganisms had colitis. much heavier than mice that inherited normal bacteria.

The author of the study, Dr. Martin Blaser, Director of the Human Microbiology Program, at NYU Langone Medical Center (USA), said: " The new findings of this study have added evidence. shows that it can cause health complications even beyond ability ".

Although the study is in mice, the results show that this topic is worth warning and there is another reason doctors and patients should be cautious about using antibiotics.

"A lot of people are using antibiotics and a lot of girls are taking antibiotics. We are concerned that it may have an effect on the next generation , " Dr. Blaser said.

Status of Antibiotic Resistance or Antibiotic Resistance occurs when a microorganism evolves to be more resistant or completely resistant to antibiotics that could previously be treated.

Resistance develops through one of three ways: Natural resistance in some types of bacteria; mutant genes; or by a species that has resistance from another species. Antibodies appear naturally due to random mutations; or more often after gradual accumulation over time, and because of abuse of antibiotics.

Drug resistant bacteria are increasingly difficult to treat, requiring replacement drugs or higher doses - which may be more expensive or more toxic. Multiple antibiotic resistant bacteria are called multidrug-resistant (MDR).

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 18 types of bacteria and fungi that have become antibiotic resistant and are now threatening public health.