Antibiotic-resistant bacteria get extra nutrients and thrive when the drugs kill 'good' bacteria in the gut. This is according to new research led by Imperial College London scientists, which could lead to better patient risk assessment and 'microbiome therapeutics 'treatments to help combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
. Some pathogenic bacteria in the class Enterobacteriaceae however are even resistant to carbapenems, including strains of E. coli. These pathogenic bacteria colonize the gut but can spread to other sites in the body, causing difficult-to-treat infections such as bloodstream infections or recurrent urinary tract infections., allowing them to multiply in the gut, forming a"reservoir" of disease-causing bacteria.
that inhibit pathogenic bacteria from growing further. This helped the pathogenic bacteria to thrive. With this information they hope to create"microbiome therapeutics." Lead researcher Dr. Julie McDonald, from the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial, explained,"When a patient is taking antibiotics we could give them inhibitory metabolites to restrict the growth of resistant bacteria.
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