Antagonistic Effect of Probiotics on Recurring Infectious Diseases

Probiotics are normal microbiota that are said to antagonize the activities of microbial pathogens of human through mechanisms such as colonizing and preventing microbial multiplicity in the human body system. This study however reviewed the antagonistic potential of probiotics against recurring infectious pathogens as well as the global threats of antimicrobial resistance using extensive literature search. Based on this study, a number of probiotic strains have been identified with antimicrobial potential against pathogenic organisms and could be helpful in combating the current trends of recurrent infectious diseases and the advent of continuous resistant microbial strains. The study recommends the need to study these beneficial strains at the genomic level and their mechanisms of antagonism on infectious pathogens while further study on discovering more probiotic strains is strongly advocated.