Antibiotic treatment for Tuberculosis induces a profound dysbiosis of the microbiome that persists long after therapy is completed

Antibiotic treatment for Tuberculosis induces a profound dysbiosis of the microbiome that persists long after therapy is completed

Abstract Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of Tuberculosis (TB), infects one third of the world’s population and causes substantial mortality worldwide. In its shortest format, treatment of TB requires six months of multidrug therapy with a mixture of broad spectrum and mycobacterial specific an...

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Main Authors: Matthew F. Wipperman, Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Marc Antoine Jean Juste, Ying Taur, Sivaranjani Namasivayam, Alan Sher, James M. Bean, Vanni Bucci, Michael S. Glickman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10346-6

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