Persistence Dynamics of Antimicrobial-Resistant in the Pharynx of Rhesus Macaques.

Pharyngeal infections by are often asymptomatic, making them difficult to treat. However, animal modeling of human pharyngeal infections by pathogenic species is challenging due to numerous host tropism barriers. We have relied on rhesus macaques to investigate pharyngeal persistence of naturally occurring species in response to antibiotics.