Latent bacterial carrier state and resistance to colonization after antibiotic therapy
Shustrova, N.M.; Chakhava, O.V.; Ivanov, A.A.; Gaĭlonskaia, I.N.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 6: 50-53
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 7051697 Document Number: 187104
The enteral administration of antibiotics has been shown to induce the occult carriership (persistence) of sporulating Gram-positive bacilli inhabiting the intestine before the use of antibiotics and V. eltor introduced orally after the administration of antibiotics is stopped. After the prolonged use of some antibiotics the intestinal tract has been found to become an inadequate environment for the life of nonpathogenic E. coli easily colonizing the intestine of intact germ-free animals. Such form of resistance of colonization is an unfavorable consequence of antibiotic therapy.