Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease and antibiotics

Abstract

External factors and the composition of bowel microbiota play a key role in the aetiology of Idiopathic idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases. Exposure to antibiotics increases the risk of Crohn's disease, but not ulcerative colitis.

Keywords

• Crohn's disease
• ulcerative colitis. bowel microbiota
• metronidazole
• fluoroquinolones