A peptidoglycan storm caused by β-lactam antibiotic's action on host microbiota drives Candida albicans infection

The commensal fungus Candida albicans often causes life-threatening infections in patients who are immunocompromised with high mortality. A prominent but poorly understood risk factor for the C. albicans commensal‒pathogen transition is the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Here, we report that β-l...

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Main Authors: Tan, Chew Teng, Xu, Xiaoli, Qiao, Yuan, Wang, Yue
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149031
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English