Antibiotic overuse has led to a rise of multidrug-resistant pathogens and increased morbidity. A new study shows that the microbiome can prime two different host response pathways in the intestine and lungs that protect against an antibiotic-resistant pathogen.
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Solis, A.G., Levy, M. The biogeography of colonization resistance. Nat Microbiol 5, 234–235 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0660-x
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