The need for new antimicrobial therapies is evident, especially to reduce antimicrobial resistance and minimize deleterious effects on gut microbiota. However, although diverse studies discuss the adverse effects of broad-spectrum antibiotics on the microbiome ecology, targeted interventions that could solve this problem have often been overlooked. The impact of antibiotics on gut microbiota homeostasis is alarming, compromising its microbial community and leading to changes in host health. Recent studies have shown that these impacts can be transient or permanent, causing irreversible damage to gut microbiota. The responses to and changes in the gut microbial community arising from antibiotic treatment are related to its duration, the number of doses, antibiotic class, host age, genetic susceptibility, and lifestyle. In contrast, each individual’s native microbiota can also affect the response to treatment as well as respond differently to antibiotic treatment. In this context, the current challenge is to promote the growth of potentially beneficial microorganisms and to reduce the proportion of microorganisms that cause dysbiosis, thus contributing to an improvement in the patient’s health. An essential requirement for the development of novel antibiotics will be personalized medicinal strategies that recognize a patient’s intestinal and biochemical individuality. Thus, this Review will address a new perspective on antimicrobial therapies through pathogen-selective antibiotics that minimize the impacts on human health due to changes in the gut microbiota from the use of antibiotics.
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