The Graf lab published a paper in mBio about how tiny amounts of antibiotics inside the leech lead to patients being infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria.

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Beka L, Fullmer MS, Colston SM, Nelson MC, Talagrand-Reboul E, Walker P, Ford B, Whitaker IS, Lamy B, Gogarten JP, Graf J. 2018. Low-level antimicrobials in the medicinal leech select for resistant pathogens that spread to patients. mBio 9:e01328-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01328-18.

“What leech gut bacteria can tell us about drug resistance” ScienceNews https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bacteria-leech-guts-antibiotic-resistance.

“Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut” Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180724110127.htm

“Report from the Leech’s Gut: Even Trace Amounts of Antibiotics Boost Resistant Bacteria” Infection Control Today https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/antibiotics-antimicrobials/report-leechs-gut-even-trace-amounts-antibiotics-boost-resistant-bacteria.

“Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria” Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2018-07-antibiotic-resistance-leech-gut.html.

“Even low levels of antibiotics in chicken can cause bacterial resistance” Business Standard https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/even-low-levels-of-antibiotics-in-chicken-can-cause-bacterial-resistance-118072400979_1.html

“Leech gut microbiome resistant to antibiotics” EQW News http://eqwnews.com/news/view/19446