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Probiotics: Mitigating antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Antimicrobial resistance

Abstract

Background:  Studies have shown a strong correlation between probiotics and incidence of antibiotic resistance. Many studies have reported antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome especially in women with dysbiosis condition, and it is possible that the antibiotic resistance plays a role in the alteration of the vaginal microbiome and disease complications. Consequently, this study aims to investigate the vaginal microbiome with antibiotic resistance in healthy, menopausal and post-menopausal women and the mitigating effect of probiotics. In this narrative review, a comprehensive review of web of science, PubMed, Scientific information database, Google scholar and Scopus with no time limit. The keyword “Probiotics", “Antibiotic resistance", “Vaginal Microbiome", “Vaginal Microbiota" were used to provide a synopsis of mitigating antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome. Among the 917 sources identified, 12 articles were found most appropriate for the study. Our findings recommend administration of probiotics to alleviate antibiotic resistance. The study revealed that probiotics may mitigate antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome and possibly improve the female reproductive health at all levels including menopausal and post- menopausal.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2024.266564.1782

Keywords

probiotics, Vaginal Microbiome, Vaginal Microbiota, Antibiotic resistance, mitigation

Authors

First Name

Chinyere

Last Name

Ezeanya-Bakpa

MiddleName

Charity

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Caleb University Lagos, Nigeria.

Email

cc.ezeanya@gmail.com

City

Lagos

Orcid

0000-0002-7844-7414

First Name

Chidozie

Last Name

Udeogu

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Email

chidozie.udeogu@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0009-0007-9103-4765

First Name

Nneka

Last Name

Agbakoba

MiddleName

Regina

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Email

nr.agbakoba@unizik.edu.ng

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5122-5988

First Name

Immaculata

Last Name

Uduchi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Email

io.uduchi@unizik.edu.ng

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-2560-5976

First Name

Chinwe

Last Name

Ejike

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Medical Microbiology, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria

Email

chinwe.ejike@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-6488-7868

Volume

5

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

49567

Issue Date

2024-08-01

Receive Date

2024-01-30

Publish Date

2024-08-01

Page Start

1,036

Page End

1,045

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_344427.html

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16

Type

Review Article

Type Code

1,160

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Probiotics: Mitigating antibiotic resistance in the vaginal microbiome

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Created At

25 Dec 2024