Antibiotic Treatment during Gestation Enhances Susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Offspring

Antibiotic Treatment during Gestation Enhances Susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Offspring

ABSTRACT Whether antibiotic treatment during gestation impacts T cell immunity to vaccination in offspring is unexplored. Dams treated with polymyxin B (PMB) during gestation (Mg) displayed altered microbial communities prior to delivery compared to control dams (Mc). Differences in microbiota were...

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Main Authors: Donald D. Nyangahu, Courtney R. Plumlee, Bryan P. Brown, Colin Feng, Enock Havyarimana, Sara B. Cohen, Kevin B. Urdahl, Heather B. Jaspan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
BCG vaccine response
maternal microbiota
offspring microbiota
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02491-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02491-22

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