The Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance on the Human Microbiome

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1001-1008

  Brinkac, Lauren ^a,b   Voorhies, Alexander ^a   Gomez, Andres ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^a,b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Human microbiome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MICROFLORA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85019121269     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0985-z     Document Type: Review

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