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. 2013 Sep 11;14(3):225-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.08.008.

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

Bärbel Stecher  1
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Finding a sugary foothold: how antibiotics pave the way for enteric pathogens

Bärbel Stecher. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

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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