Antibiotic resistance

problem of antibiotic resistance has been a growing concern as years pass, and has become one of the world’s most pressing health concerns. Antibiotics are substances of medicinal purposes that inhibit the growth of bacteria like tuberculosis and malaria. Antibiotics are used to prevent infections of possibly fatal diseases. The resistance to an antibiotic occurs when a bacterium changes in a way that makes an antibiotic ineffective against a targeted bacterium. There are many causes of antibiotic resistance

How will rising antibiotic resistance impact primary healthcare? It was in the middle 1800s when the medicine started gaining a shape, scientists are nowadays still struggling to smooth. Once the Germ Theory was accepted the importance of microorganisms was revealed. It is since then that science tries to understand and combat the little enemies living inside us. Bacteria are the smallest microorganisms being known by their astonishing dividing capacity. They divide by binary fussion meaning that

Humans have come to rely on antibiotics for almost every illness known to man. The use of antibiotics has saved thousands of lives. However, our reliance upon antibiotics may have to come to an end because, the bacteria that we use antibiotics on have begun to evolve. This is not a mere epidemic. These are not just localized cases. This is a prevalent change all throughout the world. I can only picture two ways to overcome this attack. One way is the reduction of antibiotic use. The other method is

Antibiotic resistance has become a hot topic amongst scientists and healthcare professionals. It would be rare to observe in a clinical setting and not see some type of antibiotic resistant infection being treated. Scientists and medical doctors are scrambling trying to develop plans to discover new drugs or at least dampen the rate at which these organisms are developing resistance. Evolutionary biologists are claiming this type of resistance as proof of evolution, but is that a statement that is

The antibiotic resistance crisis: Is antibiotic dead? The world health organization, which is the firsts global assessment of antimicrobial resistance have studied that antibiotic resistance will become a major threat in the 21st century (1,2, 3, 4, 5). The antibiotic resistance crisis is when an infectious disease has developed in human population to where humans will not be able to find an antibiotic to treat these infectious diseases (2). The antibiotic resistance crisis is a major issue

Antibiotic Resistance (ABR) is a worldwide threat that is affecting humans, animals, and the environment in the United States and around the world. ABR occurs when antibiotics have lost their power to kill bad bacteria. Therefore, the bacteria become resistant to therapeutic antibiotics resulting in uncured illnesses. Barlam and Gupta, authors of the article “Antibiotic Resistance Spreads Internationally Across Borders,” state that “ABR develops when bacteria are exposed to antibiotics either during

The purpose of the investigation is to determine what amount of antibiotic is best against bacterial resistance. The independent variable in the investigation is the amount of the antibiotic. The dependent variable is the bacterial resistance. The control group is the petri dish that receives the lowest amount of the antibiotic solution and the constants are the bacteria and the amount of bacteria used in the investigation. There is an estimate of nearly 600,000 people who die each year around the

Antibiotic Resistance: Where we are and what we need to do Oluwatosin Fofah Antibiotics are inarguably one of the greatest advances in medical science of the past century. Although the first natural antibiotic Penicillin was not discovered until 1928 by Scottish biologist Alexander Flemming, evidence exists that certain plant and mold growths were used to treat infections in ancient Egypt, ancient India, and classical Greece (Forrest, 1982). In our modern world with the advent of synthetic chemistry

The Misuse of Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance Samantha Onda Penn State Worthington Scranton Abstract The growing issue of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing more rapidly than anticipated. Numerous factors contribute to this growing issue and it creates a major concern for society today. The main factor in this growing issue is the continuous misuse and overuse of antibiotics. For example, people use them by prescribing antibiotics to themselves, even if they have acquired a

development of antibiotic resistance against an antibiotic by an isolated colony of bacteria, using computer simulated “natural” selection Sidharth.R, KMC Manipal Introduction The development of antibiotic resistant strains are on the rise especially in developing countries and are creating a crisis in the effective treatment of infections.1,5 Without horizontal gene transfer, antibiotic resistance develops in most bacteria by mutation in the gene that codes for the enzyme that targets the antibiotic. (B-lactamases