A short course of antibiotics selects for persistent resistance in the human gut
E. Yaffe, L. Dethlefsen, A. V. Patankar, C. Gui, S. Holmes, D. A. Relman
This study shows that short antibiotic use in humans leads to persistent resistance in gut bacteria through convergent evolution and selective sweeps.
bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology