Polyclonal pathogen populations accelerate the evolution of antibiotic resistance in patients
Diaz Caballero, J.; Wheatley, R. M.; Kapel, N.; Lopez-Causape, C.; Van der Schalk, T.; Quinn, A.; Recanatini, C.; Britto Xavier, B.; Timbermont, L.; Kluytmans, J.; Ruzin, A.; Esser, M.; Malhotra-Kumar, S.; Oliver, A.; MacLean, R. C.; WP3A working group,
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Antibiotic resistance poses a global health threat, but the within-host drivers of resistance remain poorly understood. Pathogen populations are often assumed to be clonal within hosts, and resistance is thought to emerge due to selection for de novo variants. Here we show that pulmonary populations of the opportunistic pathogen P. aeruginosa are often polyclonal. Crucially, resistance evolves rapidly in patients colonized by polyclonal populations through selection for pre-existing resistant strains. In contrast, resistance evolves sporadically in patients colonized by monoclonal populations due to selection for novel resistance mutations. However, strong trade-offs between resistance and fitness occur in polyclonal populations that can drive the loss of resistant strains. In summary, we show that the within-host diversity of pathogen populations plays a key role in shaping the emergence of resistance in response to treatment. One sentence summaryAntibiotic resistance evolves quickly in patients colonized by polyclonal pathogen populations.
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