Antibiotics destroy 'good bacteria'​ and worsen oral infection

Antibiotics destroy 'good bacteria' and worsen oral infection

New research shows that the body's own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections.

A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers found that antibiotics actually kill the "good" bacteria keeping infection and inflammation at bay.

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