if a person takes an antibiotic for strep throat, how might E.coli be affected???

Question

how might it affect the host??

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Answer 1

depends on the antibiotic. if it affects a metabolic pathway specific to streptococcus bacteria then nothing would happen to the e.coli.

But I assume you mean a general antibiotic, in which case e.coli would also be harmed and since e.coli is necessary to the proper digestion and absorption of nutrients it's possible you could become nutrient/mineral deficient.

Answer 2

if you take a broad spectrum antibiotic which works for both gram positive bacteria (Strep. pyogenes) and gram negative bacteria (E. coli), you would clear the strep infection, but also reduce the normal flora (E. coli) in your gut, which could possibly result in diarrhea. If it worked well enough, most of your other normal flora would die off, also resulting in a yeast infection. Yeast is an opportunistic infection in this case.