Antibiotics enable growth of pathogens

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“A newly discovered mechanism helps explain how antibiotics change the gut microbiota, increasing nutrients that benefit the growth of pathogens, like Salmonella.”

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Franziska Faber, Lisa Tran, Mariana X. Byndloss, Christopher A. Lopez, Eric M. Velazquez, Tobias Kerrinnes, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Tamding Wangdi, Oliver Fiehn, Renée M. Tsolis, Andreas J. Bäumler. Host-mediated sugar oxidation promotes post-antibiotic pathogen expansion. Nature, 2016; DOI: 10.1038/nature18597

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