What are the consequences of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those caused by non-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic resistance leads to higher medical costs, prolonged hospital stays, and increased mortality.
What are 3 things that people do that increases the number of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics?
Patients not finishing the entire antibiotic course. Overuse of antibiotics in livestock and fish farming. Poor infection control in health care settings. Poor hygiene and sanitation.
What are some consequences of antibiotics?
Common side effects of antibiotics
- nausea.
- indigestion.
- vomiting.
- diarrhea.
- bloating.
- feeling of fullness.
- loss of appetite.
- stomach cramping or pain.
What are the consequences of drug resistance?
Direct Adverse Outcomes Related to Resistance
| The effect | Examples |
|---|---|
| Morbidity and mortality | All-cause |
| Attributable to infection | |
| Increased length of hospital stay | |
| Increased length of mechanical ventilation |
How can we stop bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics?
There are many ways that drug-resistant infections can be prevented: immunization, safe food preparation, handwashing, and using antibiotics as directed and only when necessary. In addition, preventing infections also prevents the spread of resistant bacteria.
What infections are resistant to antibiotics?
MRSA is a type of bacteria that’s resistant to several widely used antibiotics. This means infections with MRSA can be harder to treat than other bacterial infections. The full name of MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. You might have heard it called a “superbug”. MRSA infections mainly affect people who are staying in hospital.
What is the best antibiotic for bacterial infections?
An antibiotic called metronidazole may be given for some types of bacterial infections. It’s sometimes prescribed with penicillin in order to cover a larger variety of bacterial species.
How does bacteria build resistance at the cellular level?
Bacteria develop resistance mechanisms by using instructions provided by their DNA . Often, resistance genes are found within plasmids, small pieces of DNA that carry genetic instructions from one germ to another. This means that some bacteria can share their DNA and make other germs become resistant.
How do microbes develop resistance?
Antibiotic Resistance. Microbes develop counter-measures to the medical attacks on their systems and processes. For example: Bacteria might change the permeability of the cell wall so that the antibiotic does not get absorbed by the cell. This creates a boundary which the antibiotic cannot pass.