Antibiotic usage can damage the protective mucus layer in the gut

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Source: Rachel Feeney

Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. 

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