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. 2021 Jul 30;13(1):1941711. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1941711

Table 4.

Drinking water – protocols for antibiotic-induced gut depletion

DURA-TION ANTIBIOTIC COCKTAILS CONCENTRATIONS DISEASES
(ICD 10)
PUBLICA-TIONS
2 days streptomycin (500 g/ L) Diseases of the circulatory system (Stroke) 32
ciprofloxacin (0.2 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (Obesity) 33
5 days ampicillin (0.5 g/L) Infectious disease 34
1 week ampicillin (1 g/L) GI disorder (due to antibiotic- and chemotherapy-induced gut dysbiosis) 35
1 or 2 weeks amoxicillin–clavulanic acid
(1 g/L)
Diseases of the circulatory system (Stroke) 36
7 days Systemic antibiotic cocktail:
ampicillin (1 g/L) +
cefoperazone sodium salt (1 g/L) +
clindamycin (1 g/L)
OR
Non-absorbable antibiotic cocktail: ertapenem sodium (1 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L) +
vancomycin hydrochloride (1 g/L)
FMT protocol 37
7 days ampicillin (0.01 g/1 L) +
metronidazol (0.01 g/L) +
neomycin (0.01 g/L)
Diseases of the digestive system (Hepatic steatosis) 38
10 days vancomycin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
polymyxin B (1 g/L) +
cefotaxime (2 g/L)
FMT protocol 39
cefoxitin (1 g/L) +
gentamicin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (1 g/L)
Immune system 40
10–14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Infectious disease 41
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Immune system 42
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L)
Diseases of the nervous system (Alzheimer's disease) 43
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) supplemented with 1% (wt/vol) glucose.
Immune system 44
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (Obesity) 45
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L)
Mental and behavioral disorders (Depression) 46
14 days ampicillin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L)
Antibiotic effects 47
2–3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/l) +
streptomycin (5 g/l) +
colistin (1 mg/ml)
or vancomycin alone (0.25 g/L)
or imipenem alone (0.25 g/L)
or colistin alone (2.103 U/ml)
Neoplasms (Cancer) 48
2–3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L)
Infectious diseases 49
3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
streptomycin (1 g/L) +
kanamycin (1 g/L)
and/or anti-fungal cocktail drinking water amphotericin (0.2 g/L)
+ fluconazole (0.5 g/L)
+ 5-fluorocytosine (0.5 g/L)
Infectious diseases 50
3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Infectious diseases 51
3 weeks vancomycin (0.5 g/l) +
ampicillin (1 g/l) +
kanamycin (1 g/l) +
metronidazole(1 g/l)
Immune system 52
3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Immune system 53
3 weeks vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
neomycin sulfate (1 g/L)+
ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L)
Immune system 54
3 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
neomycin trisulfate (1 g/L)
Diseases of the digestive system 55
4 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
polymyxin (0.1 g/L)
Immune system 56
4 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 57
4 weeks vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
ampicillin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L)
Diseases of the digestive system 58
4 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
neomycin (1 g/L) +
metronidazole (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
or vancomycin (0.5 g/L) alone
Bone formation 59
4–5 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
neomycin (0.5 g/L) +
streptomycin (0.5 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 60
7 weeks ampicillin (1 g/L) +
vancomycin (0.5 g/L) +
ciprofloxacin (0.2 g/L) +
imipenem plus cilastatin (250 mg/L) + metronidazole (1 g/L)
Mental and behavioral disorders (depression) 61