Stanford University School of Medicine scientists explain why two potentially deadly pathogens get a foothold in the forbidding environment of the gut following antibiotic treatment. The researchers wrote in the journal Nature that their findings may help identify ways to counteract the effects of the depletion of "friendly gut-dwelling bacteria" after antibiotic treatment. Several gut pathogens can cause serious problems during a course of antibiotics. Senior author, Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, said "Antibiotics open the door for these pathogens to take hold...
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