title: An n=1 case report of a child with autism improving on antibiotics and a father's quest to understand what it may mean.
abstract: The author, a parent of a child with autism, describes an n=1 case in which his child's autism symptoms dramatically and rapidly improved following administration of a common antibiotic. The author asserts that this finding is not unusual in the autism population and that, when combined with prior recent medical research, suggests that a link between autism and the microbiome in some children is not just plausible, but in fact likely for some meaningful percentage of cases. The author argues for increased funding for a more thorough examination of links between autism and the microbiome and poses a series of questions to be further examined in future research.
authors: N of One: Autism Research Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA; jrodakis@nofone.org.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Rodakis
keywords: N of One; amoxicillin; antibiotic; autism; microbiome; n=1; vancomycin