264: Antimicrobial Antipsychotics

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TWiM reveals that the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine promotes multiple antibiotic resistance in E. coli, and treatment with Bifidobacterium lactis probiotic benefits patients with coronary artery disease.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a</span> <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patron</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of TWiM.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Antipsychotic promotes</span> <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb.00102-22"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">antimicrobial</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">resistance (J Bact)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Probiotic benefits patients with</span> <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00100-22?utm_source=literatum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert-emails"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">coronary artery disease</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(mSystems)</span></li> <li><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">B. lactis</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33796919/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Alzheimer’s</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in mice (Eur J Nutr)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href="http://ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv</span></p>