Antimicrobial resistance characteristics and fitness of Gram negative faecal bacteria from volunteers treated with minocycline or amoxicillin.

A yearlong study was performed to examine the effect of antibiotic administration on the bacterial gut flora. Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacteria were recovered from the faeces of healthy adult volunteers administered amoxicillin, minocycline or placebo, and changes determined in antimicro...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Miranda eKirchner, Muriel eMafura, Theresa eHunt, Manal eAbuoun, Javier eNunez-Garica, Yanmin eHu, Jan eWeile, Anthony eCoates, Roderick eCard, Muna eAnjum
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Subjects:	Resistance genes Transient Antibiotic trial persistent facultative anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00722/full