title: An antibiotic-altered microbiota provides fuel for the enteric foe.
abstract: Antibiotic therapies disrupt the intestinal microbiota and render the host susceptible to enteric infections. A recent report by Ng et al. explores the ability of two intestinal pathogens (Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Clostridium difficile) to use this disruption to their advantage and consume host carbohydrates that would otherwise be unavailable in the presence of a normal gut microbiota.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4.
authors.forename: Leah T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Stiemsma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4.
authors.forename: Stuart E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Turvey
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4.
authors.forename: Brett B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Finlay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000502:physiology*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents