Communications Biology (Jun 2022)

Host gut resistome in Gulf War chronic multisymptom illness correlates with persistent inflammation

  • Dipro Bose,
  • Somdatta Chatterjee,
  • Ethan Older,
  • Ratanesh Seth,
  • Patricia Janulewicz,
  • Punnag Saha,
  • Ayan Mondal,
  • Jeffrey M. Carlson,
  • Alan W. Decho,
  • Kimberly Sullivan,
  • Nancy Klimas,
  • Stephen Lasley,
  • Jie Li,
  • Saurabh Chatterjee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03494-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Analysis of fecal samples from patients and mice, shows that chronic multisymptom illness which affects a subsection of elderly and war Veterans, is associated with alteration in genes related to antibiotic resistance.