The Other Side Of Antimicrobial Resistance Essay

Throughout my life, adults have insisted the use of antibiotics to fight against the most inconsequential illnesses, whether it’s the cold or the flu. However, neither illness is due to invasion of bacteria. This misuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, also known as antimicrobial resistance(AMR), currently one of the central issues facing the public health system. While the process for antibiotic resistance occurs naturally through the process of adaptation, the mismanagement of antibiotic resources has accelerated the rate at which the bacteria adapt. The occurrence of this misinformation isn’t limited to a few adults: even some of my peers suggest taking antibiotics when faced with the flu. This leads to asking whether AMR is truly a problem and are present regulations enough to combat the issue.

One environment where bacteria are regularly exposed to antibiotics is in large livestock operations, where producers very often treat their cows and other animals with drugs to prevent epidemics in the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, which are common in the livestock industry. The simple reason for this is that in the short term it is cheaper to drug up the animals with antibiotics than to keep a clean living environment for them. Another big reason for these producers to drug up the animals is the fact that feeding antibiotics to the livestock makes for larger animals. The problem occurs when bacteria in these animals survive the bombardment of antibiotics, and some always do, the

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a more prevalent issue. This is a growing dilemma because, not only do patients have the potential to develop resistance, but they also can transmit the resistant bacteria to others (McKellar, 2014). Additionally, it is estimated that over one-third of all antibiotics prescribed to patients are unnecessary (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Overutilization of antibiotics is a growing problem due to some patients’ inappropriate demands for antibiotics or misdiagnoses by prescribers, however, underutilization of antibiotics can be just as problematic. Physicians are trained to use good antimicrobial stewardship when prescribing antibiotics; only giving them to patients who truly do have a bacterial infection. This becomes an issue when providers are too cautious and do not prescribe antibiotics in an attempt not to contribute to antibiotic resistance. Unfortunately, this caution could have a detrimental effect on the health of patients who actually need the antibiotics. To combat this issue, we must find a balance between good antimicrobial stewardship to minimize resistance while also taking underutilization into consideration. We, as pharmacists, are at a unique position between the physician and

It is undeniable that the recent discovery of antibiotics and disinfectants in the past century is leading to the creation of increasingly dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Super bugs like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus have begun breaking out in hospital areas, killing more and more patients due to the lack of people following through with simple safety measures. In order to stop the creation and spread of antibiotic-resistant super bugs, proper precautions must be taken such as avoiding antibacterial cleaners, following through with instructions when taking prescriptions and maintaining adequate hand hygiene. Through adhering to basic safety rules, the creation and spread of super bugs can be minimized and all together

Since antibiotics, such as penicillin, became widely available in the 1940s, they have been called miracle drugs. They have been able to eliminate bacteria without significantly harming the other cells of the host. Now with each passing year, bacteria that are immune to antibiotics have become more and more common. This turn of events presents us with an alarming problem. Strains of bacteria that are resistant to all prescribed antibiotics are beginning to appear. As a result, diseases such as tuberculosis and penicillin-resistant gonorrhea are reemerging on a worldwide scale (1).

Conclusion: Our study found that a lay person does not appear to have a sufficiently strong incentive to consider the impact of their immediate use of antibiotics on antimicrobial resistance. The issue of antibiotic resistance needs to be reframed as a more immediate health issue with dire consequences to ensure the success of future health

But we take antibiotics for granted. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or (MRSA) before then infection with that bacteria had been almost exclusively contained the healthcare facilities. Today community-acquired MRSA is so common that we pretty much assume that any staph infection is “MRSA”. Concern about the rise of resistance often focuses on overuse of antibiotics. There’s plenty of evidence that the users are the problem. In a recent study show, almost two third of the people believe that antibiotics could be used to treat cold and flu, which are of course caused by viruses. Antibiotics kill bacteria not viruses. Everytime we use antibiotics we increase the chance for resistant strains to develop. Bacteria are very good at the evolution game and killing of more susceptible strains leaves the more resistant ones to fill the gap. Bacteria have also become good at transmitting resistance abilities through plasmids which are small circular DNA molecules that can be transferred like a hand off from bacteria to bacteria without any reproduction. The widespread use of antibiotics and the raising of animals has clearly contributed to the development

Antimicrobial resistance might affect the economy in a variety of ways. One way that antimicrobial resistance might affect economy is by financially affecting hospitals. To be specific, antibiotic resistance might increase the length of stay (LOS) and direct treatment costs among hospitalized patients, so hospitals are bearing a high financial burden. Antonanzas, Lozano, and Torres (2004) found that the treatment of methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections increase the financial costs for hospitals, as a result of higher direct costs and longer LOS than those related to methicillin-susceptible-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) patients or MRSA-free patients. They found that the incremental length of stay (LOS) is in the average of 2–10

According to the Antibiotic Paradox theory of Professor Stuart B. Levy (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA), “use of antibiotics itself is contributing to the problem of microbial resistance to antibiotics”. Mixed population of antibiotics-sensitive and antibiotic-resistant bacteria reside in our environment. Use of antibiotics in unconscious and ignorant way (antibiotic usage for casual illness, antibiotic administration in animal feeds, and poor disposal of unused drug formulations) is obliterating sensitive bacteria, which supress the resistant bacteria. By killing the friends, we are making it way much easier for the foes. This renders selection of antibiotic-resistant organisms out of the mixed

Dr. Marc Sprenger directs the WHO antimicrobial resistance secretariat, and he said in a recent press conference that untreatable infections are manifesting as a result of antimicrobial resistance and thereby posing a significant threat to public health worldwide. He added that misuse and

The overuse of antibiotics has been a problem for well over a decade. This misuse leads to many nonvisible problems arising within the human population. As the use of antibiotics increases, the number of antibiotic resistant bacteria also increases. When bacteria become resistant to an antibiotic, another antibiotic must be used to try and kill it and the cycle becomes vicious. Michael Martin, Sapna Thottathil, and Thomas Newman stated that antimicrobial resistance is, “an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society” (2409).

Antibiotic resistance or superbugs is / are global issues. They might not be as much of a problem now but they can wipe out thousands of people with a snap of the fingers. I think we can fight the superbugs by not abusing drug use and not giving drugs to animals that we eat. Superbugs are a certain type of bacteria that is immune to all medicine that you throw at it and can be very deadly. Antibiotic resistance is one of the world 's most worrisome health issues. Improper use of antibiotics are the main cause of drug resistant bacteria.I think we can fight the superbugs / antibiotic resistance by not abusing drug use and not giving drugs to animals that we eat. Also by using drugs / medicine properly and not overusing them. Here is some information on antibiotic resistance to help you know more about it, know how to prevent it and finally be cautious when eating at fast food restaurants.

Low adherence to appropriate antimicrobial prophylaxis is contributed by lack of established guidelines hence resulting in high rate of broad spectrum antibiotic use, long duration and inappropriate timing of first dose(Bank, 2014)

Antibiotics have been used to treat patients who suffer from infectious diseases. However, these drugs have been used for so long that the infectious bacteria managed to adapt to the drugs making them less effective. Nowadays, antibiotic resistant bacteria have become increasingly more common causing the death of thousands of people around the world. Indeed, bacteria possess plasmids. Plasmids are circular DNA molecules, separate from the main chromosome that are replicated and transmitted to daughter cells during cell division. Plasmids can allow the bacteria to live under environmental stresses. Antibiotic resistant genes are found in plasmids. In fact, bacteria with plasmids may have genes that allow them to live under harsh conditions making them antibiotic resistant or immune to some toxins. Thus plasmids carry and spread resistant antibiotic gene in a short amount of time through cell division in wild population.

This is a twofold problem; in that, drug-resistant superbugs and the abuse of antibiotics are both major health concerns. However, for the purpose of this public health problem statement, I will focus on the increasing threat of drug-resistant organisms from the abuse of antibiotics. More so, I shall address what should be occurring in this current health problem, what is currently occurring, and health disparities relating to it, if nothing is done. There are misguided beliefs and expectations associated with lack of awareness of the dangers of antibiotics use.¹ Unlike the natural antibiotics of fungi and bacteria, most artificially synthesized antibiotics are broad-spectrum. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are capable of killing both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, while narrow-spectrum or natural antibiotics target only a specific gram-type