Low-Level Antimicrobials in the Medicinal Leech Select for Resistant Pathogens That Spread to Patients

Low-Level Antimicrobials in the Medicinal Leech Select for Resistant Pathogens That Spread to Patients

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) and ciprofloxacin (Cp) are important antimicrobials that pollute the environment in trace amounts. Although Cp has been recommended as prophylaxis for patients undergoing leech therapy to prevent infections by the leech gut symbiont Aeromonas, a puzzling rise in Cp-resistant (...

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Main Authors: Lidia Beka, Matthew S. Fullmer, Sophie M. Colston, Michael C. Nelson, Emilie Talagrand-Reboul, Paul Walker, Bradley Ford, Iain S. Whitaker, Brigitte Lamy, Johann Peter Gogarten, Joerg Graf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-07-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Aeromonas
antibiotic resistance
ciprofloxacin
leech therapy
genomics
microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01328-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01328-18

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