Probiotics alternative to antibiotics: Review study

The antibiotics have been considered one of the key tools that are utilized in the present day in the healthcare industry for fighting against the bacterial infections; none-the-less, the misuses or the repeated utilization of the antibiotics, resulted in the bacterial resistance, which causes considerable threats for numerous people with the common bacterial infections. Using the probiotics for the enhancement of the gastrointestinal health was suggested for several years. Recently, there was a growing interest in using the probiotic bacteria as substitutes for the antibiotics to prevent or treat a variety of the intestinal infections. Numerous significant underlying mechanisms that are responsible for antagonistic impacts of the probiotics on a variety of the micro-organisms include: (a) competitive exclusions for the nutritional sources and the adhesion sites; (b) antimicrobial substance secretion; (c) immunomodulation (d) enhancements of the function of the intestinal barrier.