Microbiome and human health: current understanding, engineering, and enabling technologies

N Aggarwal, S Kitano, GRY Puah, S Kittelmann… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The human microbiome is composed of a collection of dynamic microbial communities that
inhabit various anatomical locations in the body. Accordingly, the coevolution of the …

Urinary microbiome: yin and yang of the urinary tract

V Perez-Carrasco, A Soriano-Lerma… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The application of next generation sequencing techniques has allowed the characterization
of the urinary tract microbiome and has led to the rejection of the pre-established concept of …

Minimizing treatment-induced emergence of antibiotic resistance in bacterial infections

M Stracy, O Snitser, I Yelin, Y Amer, M Parizade, R Katz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Treatment of bacterial infections currently focuses on choosing an antibiotic that matches a
pathogen's susceptibility, with less attention paid to the risk that even susceptibility-matched …

Longitudinal multi-omics analyses link gut microbiome dysbiosis with recurrent urinary tract infections in women

CJ Worby, HL Schreiber IV, TJ Straub, LR van Dijk… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) are a major health burden worldwide, with history of
infection being a significant risk factor. While the gut is a known reservoir for uropathogenic …

Fecal microbiota transplantation promotes reduction of antimicrobial resistance by strain replacement

MH Woodworth, RE Conrad, M Haldopoulos… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) colonization is a fundamental challenge in
antimicrobial resistance. Limited studies have shown that fecal microbiota transplantation …

Antibiotic-induced collateral damage to the microbiota and associated infections

L de Nies, CM Kobras, M Stracy - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Antibiotics have transformed medicine, saving millions of lives since they were first used to
treat a bacterial infection. However, antibiotics administered to target a specific pathogen …

Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with increased mortality after solid organ transplantation

JC Swarte, Y Li, S Hu, JR Björk, R Gacesa… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Organ transplantation is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage disease, but
survival rates after transplantation vary considerably. There is now increasing evidence that …

The role of gut, vaginal, and urinary microbiome in urinary tract infections: from bench to bedside

T Meštrović, M Matijašić, M Perić, H Čipčić Paljetak… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The current paradigm of urinary tract infection (UTI) pathogenesis takes into account the
contamination of the periurethral space by specific uropathogens residing in the gut, which …

Recurrent urinary tract infection: a mystery in search of better model systems

BO Murray, C Flores, C Williams… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infectious diseases worldwide
but are significantly understudied. Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) accounts for a significant …

Urinary tract infections: Pathogenesis, host susceptibility and emerging therapeutics

MR Timm, SK Russell, SJ Hultgren - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which include any infection of the urethra, bladder or kidneys,
account for an estimated 400 million infections and billions of dollars in health-care …