title: Winning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War.
abstract: An effective immune response leads to rapid elimination of infectious agents, with seemingly little long-term impairment to the host. New findings by Morais da Fonseca et al. reveal that acute infections may result in permanent disruption of tissue homeostasis and immune dysfunction, long after clearance of a pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Hiutung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Electronic address: sarkis@caltech.edu.
authors.forename: Sarkis K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mazmanian
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000502:physiology*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000276:immunology*