Prolonged Antibiotic Treatment Generates a Fluoroquinolone Resistant Gut Microbiome and Collateral Multi-Drug Resistance
V. Dubinsky, L. Reshef, N. Bar, K. Rabinowitz, L. Godny, H. Tulchinsky, U. Gophna, I. Dotan
This study shows that prolonged antibiotic treatment leads to widespread antibiotic resistance and collateral multi-drug resistance in the gut microbiome, with only modest bacterial density reduction.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2018Microbiology