overuse of antibiotics

Cards (4)

  • what are the two sources of antibiotic resistant alleles
    plasmids containing the antibiotic resistant allele and bacteria that have high mutation rates
  • What does overuse of antibiotics lead to?
    an accidental selection of bacteria strains that are completely unaffected by some antibiotics
  • give two examples of bacteria that is antibiotic resistant

    MRSA and clostridium difficile
  • when does antibiotic resistant bacteria have an advantage

    when there is antibiotics present