The theory of "Eat me cake", or the genetic cannibalism of the enemy: a cause of vanishing antibiotic resistance

L évi-Strauss, quoted by M. Foucault (1), explained that in primitive civilizations, the way to fight against the enemies was either to eat their strength by cannibalism, or to exile them by ostracism. This analogy is also applicable to the immune defenses of individuals and populations, complementin g our analogy with another new punishment against enemies in humans which is jail, created to keep the enemies in a situation in which they cannot act-interact, or multiply (dormant virus or bacteria).
Source: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Hot Topic Source Type: research