Finding a sugary foothold: how antibiotics pave the way for enteric pathogens.

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Antibiotic therapy predisposes the host to infections with human enteropathogens. In a recent study, Ng et al. (2013) demonstrate that antibiotic-mediated disruption of the microbial food web gives rise to free microbiota-liberated monosaccharides in the gut, which can promote growth of enteropathogenic bacteria.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cell Host Microbe

Title: Cell host & microbe

ISSN (Electronic): 1934-6069

ISSN (Print): 1931-3128

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 11 2013

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Max-von-Pettenkofer Institute, LMU Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: stecher@mvp.uni-muenchen.de.

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Publisher Item ID: S1931-3128(13)00290-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.08.008

PubMed ID: 24034607

SO-VID: 1e707e4c-65a0-4d36-a65b-d5b7b5e16fd5

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