"Antibiotic Resistance" I. Abstract When penicillin was first administered in 1943, it proved to be extraordinary at wiping out nasty cases of syphilis, tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and meningitis infection. With the threat of these deadly infections in ‘check,’ pharmaceutical industries then cut back on their research to discover even more effective antibiotics. This new-found medical confidence inspired patients to merrily run to the clinic to get penicillin prescriptions for everything from
Introduction The question of antibiotic resistance is a growing phenomenon in contemporary society and modern medicine; it pertains to pathogenic organisms and is one of the most eminent issues of public health in the twenty-first century. Though resistant genes are ancient, its increasing prevalence poses a threat. It demands a greater need for antibiotic therapies. New resistance mechanisms may spread globally and limit our ability to treat disease and lead to a giant hole in the pillars of modern
that will not respond to antibiotics. With this being said, antibiotic resistant bacteria are very dangerous. Some bacteria contain bacterial plasmids that contain genes, which function to improve the cell’s likelihood to survive under certain conditions. Plasmids are very tiny, circular DNA molecules within bacteria. They are passed on to daughter cells because enzymes can replicate them. Today, the use of antibiotics is very common. The gene that causes antibiotic resistance typically arises
INTRODUCTION An antibiotic is a medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms, including bacteria (Microbiology Society, 2018). Antibiotics work by many different mechanisms, but most commonly inhibit enzymes that are critical for cell wall biosynthesis, protein synthesis, transcription, DNA replication, or synthesis of metabolites. They also can interfere with the integrity and permeability of the bacterial cell membrane. Antibiotic resistance occurs due to the strong selection
Without a doubt, the issue with antibiotic resistance has become one of the most urgent health problems in the world. Recent studies have proven that antibiotics are becoming less effective in the recent years. For instance, developing countries like China and Kuwait experienced rapid growth in antibiotic resistance. In the years between 1994 and 2002 the reported cases of hospital and community-acquired antimicrobial infections for China boosted from 22% to 41% and Kuwait also experienced an average
Antibiotic Resistance Clinical Question The clinical question that guides the search for a quantitative article is: In hospitalized adults, does implementation of prevention control measures decrease antibiotic resistance? The precise clinical question that guides the search for a qualitative article is: In healthcare personnel of hospitalized adults, what is the experience of preventing antibiotic resistant organisms? Problem The main issue this paper addresses is whether prevention control measures
The discovery of antibiotics is attributed to Alexander Fleming who discovered the first antibiotic to be commercially used (Penicillin) in approximately 1928. An antibiotic, also known as an antimicrobial, is a medication that is taken in order to either destroy or slow the growth rate of bacteria. Antibiotics are integral to the success of many medical practises, such as; surgical procedures, organ transplants, the treatment of cancer and the treatment of the critically ill. (Ramanan Laxminarayan
if it weren’t for a shortage? Antibiotic shortages are always on the rise, and will continue on for centuries. For the past 20th century, antibiotics have been considered an incredible revelation, and as the years go on, there has been an unbelievable increase in bacterial infections, viruses, diseases today have cause a shortage in antibiotics. The old antibiotics that no longer take an effect on today 's infections, are seeking to be replaced with a working antibiotic. With an increase of bacterial
researching the improper use and overuse of antibiotics to find out whether or not there are any known negative effects on society, how antibiotic resistance can affect you, how you can help prevent improper use of antibiotics, along with the consequences of misusing and abusing antibiotics; so that my readers are aware of the severity of improperly using and misusing antibiotics, how it effects our society, and the consequences behind misusing and abusing antibiotics. II. Research Questions: What are the
ANTIBIOTIC Antibiotics are a term refers to substances produced by microorganisms that can harm and inhibit or destroy other microorganisms, specifically bacteria (15). Antibiotics can be produced naturally or unnaturally via pharmaceutical industries using large-scale processes of fermentation. The antibiotics discovery has been of great significance due to in many clinical settings the antibiotics generally are the best way to destroy bacteria which cause infections in humans and animals. In 1910