A Closer Look: Microbes and Microbiomes
Summaries of recent articles related to human pathogenic and commensal microbes
Summaries of recent articles related to human pathogenic and commensal microbes
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming a major threat to human health (Figure 1). After a recent scare with a relative who contracted pneumonia while in the hospital, I began to think about antibiotic resistance and how bacteria become resistant even to those antibiotics that are rarely used, such as the carbapenem antibiotics. Bacteria can be infected … Read more