Antibiotics

• Antibiotics work by stopping a metabolic practice performed by the bacteria you are trying to get rid of, but not performed by human cells.
• Some bacteria are resistant to antibiotics which reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics
• Development of resistant bacteria such as MRSA can be minimised by limiting use of antibiotics only when essential and ensuring treatment is completed
• Antibiotics don’t work on viruses because they are not really living and they make the host cell perform the tasks for them.