BIO 3124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antimicrobial Resistance, Antibiotics, Mycobacterium
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Many bacteria can evolve to grow a resistance. Using an antibiotic you create an environment with a selective pressure so if it doesn"t develop a resistance it will die. Warned using the antibiotic could develop resistance strains. Agriculture causes a selective pressure as they are used in the environment. 70% of cases the antibiotic is used inappropriately, too low or too short a duration. Prescribing antibiotic a lot cheaper than culturing the microorganism at the. Different types of resistance hospital, as its more expensive to go to the hospital due to increased personnel. Industry & pharm companies apply pressure on doctors to sell their products, they don"t care about helping people, only making money. Forcing the bacteria to: bacteria and become resistant, die. After antibiotic, the concentration goes up to reach the c-max then come down to c-min and much easier to adapt and reach antibiotic resistance.
