The oral resistome: A refreshing perspective on AMR

Although there has been a flurry of activity in recent years investigating the human resistome, up until recently the gut has been the prime focus of these studies. Given what we are beginning to discover about the sheer variety of microbial species in the human microbiome, if we are to stand any hope of getting to grips with the spread and persistence of AMR, we need to expand human resistome studies to sample other body.