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    Host infection stimulates antibiotic resistance
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    Host infection stimulates antibiotic resistance

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    This illustration shows pathogenic bacteria behave like a Trojan horse: switching from antibiotic susceptibility to resistance during infection. Salmonella are vulnerable to antibiotics while circulating in the blood (depicted by fire on red blood cell) but are highly resistant when residing within host macrophages. This leads to treatment failure with the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria.

    This image was chosen as a winner of the 2016 NIH-funded research image call, and the research was funded in part by NIGMS.
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    Internal NoteFrom Flickr album of the NIH Image Gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/26831610894/in/album-72157666897233564/
    Keywordsantibiotic infection resistance immune cell macrophage reservoir
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    Credit LineMike Mahan and Peter Allen, UC Santa Barbara
    InvestigatorMike Mahan, UC Santa Barbara
    Record TypeIllustration
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#Genes;#
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