Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts.

Cell Host Microbe

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Electronic address:

Published: July 2022

Tissue damage and persistent inflammation are distinctive features of antibiotic-resistant chronic infections. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Tang et al. demonstrate that anti-folate antibiotics trigger the synthesis of a bacterial second messenger, which induces an exuberant immune response and establishes a paradigm for chronic infection.

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