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Abstract
Polymicrobial infections are caused by a microbial community. The microbes in the community can affect the interaction with the host, pathogens or both. Ecological interactions between individual microbes can affect their growth, virulence and sen-sitivity to antibiotics. In addition, interactions between a microbe and its host can lead to increased survival of other microbes, such as pathogens, by for exam-ple decreasing the immune responses or damaging host cells. Such interactions potentially increase the complexity of infections, which can have conse-quences for antibiotic treatments. Therefore, it is rel-evant to approach polymicrobial infections from an ecological perspective.
| Translated title of the contribution | Polymicrobial infections: The influence of the ecological community on the development of infections |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 221-226 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Tijdschrift voor Infectieziekten |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 5-Dec-2020 |
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AL: Adaptive Life
Etienne, R. (Coordinator), Kas, M. (Coordinator), Olff, H. (Coordinator), Weissing, F. (Coordinator) & Groothuis, T. (Coordinator)
01/01/2016 → 01/01/2026
Project: Research
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AL-Xtra: Ecology and evolution of microbial infectious ecosystems
de Vos, M. (PI), Falcao Salles, J. (PI) & Zandbergen, L. (PhD student)
01/12/2018 → 01/11/2024
Project: Research
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Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial consortia
de Vos, M. (Researcher)
01/01/2018 → 01/09/2018
Project: Research