Home. Long-term impacts of antibiotic exposure on the human intestinal microbiota. + Author Affiliations CorrespondenceCecilia Jernberg cecilia.jernberg@smi.se Although it is known that antibiotics have short-term impacts on the human microbiome, recent evidence demonstrates that the impacts of some antibiotics remain for extended periods of time.
In addition, antibiotic-resistant strains can persist in the human host environment in the absence of selective pressure. PubMed home.