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If a bacterial isolate shows intermediate to moderate resistance to an antibiotic bow might this antibiotic still be successfully used in treatment of this microbe?
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How could you explain the increase of infection in hospitals by antibiotic-resistance bacterial?
Bacteria become resitant to antibiotics by evolution .
How does the doctor treat bacterial inflections?
There are various types of bacterial infections, which are treated by antibiotic, according to the type.
How can bacterial populations develop drug resistance and share that resistance with other bacteria?
resistance mechanisms often carried by plasmids can be easily transmitted in bacterial populations by conjugation
How does plasmid allow for antibiotic resistance?
A plasmid (conjugative plasmid) that has a resistance gene on it, can transfer itself to another bacterial cell (called conjugation) or assist in the transfer of a non-conjugative plasmid that has a resistance gene to another cell (called mobilization). Whichever way it happens, once the plasmid is transfered to the new cell, this cell too may show signs of resistance to the particular antibiotic. This is one of the ways of the speard of resistance amongst bacteria
What is one way to determine whether a bacterial culture has received a recombinant plasmid?
The plasmid have a "reporter gene" inside it, generally resistance to specific antibiotic. the plasmid is transformed into bacteria that don't have resistance to that specific antibiotic drug, and than the cultured on a petri-dish that contain the antibiotic drug. Only bacteria that had receive the plasmid will have resistance and grow, all the other will die.
How can specialized transduction contribute to the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in a bacterial population?
The prophage takes an antibiotic resistance gene with it and is packaged with the newly synthesized viral DNA.
What are 4 evidences for evoluton?
Fossils, dogs, bacterial antibiotic resistance, & genetic comparisons.
What practices contributes the most to bacterial resistance to standard antibiotics?
Taking only half of an antibiotic prescription to treat a bacterial infection. Study Island
How could you explain the increase of infection in hospitals by antibiotic-resistance bacterial?
Bacteria become resitant to antibiotics by evolution .
Do you take antibiotics for mono?
NO! Mononucleosis is caused by a virus. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses and can increase bacterial antibiotic resistance when misused.
How is the presence of antibiotic resistance used as a marker in bacterial transformation?
Antibiotics will kill off all of the bacteria that have not mutated and formed a resistance to the drug. Those that have a resistance to the antibiotics will survive and multiply into many resistant bacterium. This continuously facilitates the production of new kinds of antibiotic resistant bacteria
Why is it a problem in medicine for anibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance happens when taking antibiotics more that it is required, high frequent doses will cause bacterial antibiotic resistance because in this case bacteria will get use into certain drug and so become ineffective. Resistance also happen when the patient has frequent illness, which make him/her taking the antibiotic for a long period of time. At that point patient should go the physician to describe him/her another effective drug, in order to kill bacteria and stop the illness.
What do you use to treat bacterial infections?
an antibiotic
Why are some bacteria resistant to treatment?
Because they inherited or borrowed genes for antibiotic resistance on tiny "microchromosomes" called plasmids. The ancestors of these plasmids had grown for many thousands of bacterial generations in medium level concentrations of antibiotics causing strong selection pressure for effective antibiotic resistance genes to those antibiotics.
Why bacterial cell are sensitive to streptomycin and chloramphenicol antibiotic?
The bacterial cells are sensitive to streptomycin and chloramphenicol antibiotic because it eliminates or reduces their binding to the cells.
What is the pharmacodynamics of augumentin?
Augmentin is a combination antibiotic that works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. The amoxicillin component interferes with the formation of bacterial cell walls, while the clavulanic acid component helps prevent bacterial resistance to the amoxicillin. This combination allows Augmentin to effectively treat a wide range of bacterial infections.
Can plasmids be transferred into other bacteria?
Plasmids are often transferred to other bacterial cells via the sex pilus. This mechanism is a major cause in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.
