Fungi of the murine gut: episodic variation and proliferation during antibiotic treatment.

Antibiotic use in humans has been associated with outgrowth of fungi. Here we used a murine model to investigate the gut microbiome over 76 days of treatment with vancomycin, ampicillin, neomycin, and metronidazole and subsequent recovery. Mouse stool was studied as a surrogate for the microbiota of...

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Main Authors: Serena Dollive, Ying-Yu Chen, Stephanie Grunberg, Kyle Bittinger, Christian Hoffmann, Lee Vandivier, Christopher Cuff, James D Lewis, Gary D Wu, Frederic D Bushman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3747063?pdf=render