title: Gut Check: IFNγ Delays Mucosal Recovery during Antibiotic Therapy.
abstract: Antibiotic therapy has been largely ineffective in improving clinical outcomes following Salmonellosis, yet the reasons why remain obscure. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Dolowschiak et al. (2016) report that IFNγ produced by NK and T cells following antibiotic treatment of acute Salmonella infection limits mucosal remission.
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5120, USA. Electronic address: lawton.chung@stonybrook.edu.
authors: Lawton K
authors: LK
authors: Chung
authors: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5120, USA. Electronic address: james.bliska@stonybrook.edu.
authors: James B
authors: JB
authors: Bliska
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane; D012475:Salmonella; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D013601:T-Lymphocytes
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents