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The proper usage of antibiotics is to stop acute bacterial infections.
But they have also been use as a growth promoter in cattle and to prevent bacterial infection. Both of these uses accelerate bacterial evolution of antibiotic resistance.
Sometime doctors have prescribed antibiotics to their patients with viral infections (which the antibiotics have no effect on) either because the patients insisted on taking antibiotics or to prevent a secondary bacterial infection from developing as a complication. Both of these uses accelerate bacterial evolution of antibiotic resistance.
When prescribed an antibiotic it is essential that you take all the medication exactly as prescribed until you use it all up. Not doing so will frequently leave the last and most antibiotic resistant bacteria in your body and the infection might flare up again and that antibiotic would now be ineffective and a different stronger antibiotic that might have bad side effects might now be required!
Due to improper usage of antibiotics there are now a few bacteria that are completely resistant to every antibiotic currently on the market, except for one: Vancomycin. Continued misuse could also rapidly produce Vancomycin resistant bacteria too meaning that eventually many bacterial infections would be as untreatable and often fatal as they were prior to 1942, when Penicillin was first introduced on the market.
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What are antibiotics and how are they used?
different antibiotics are used for fighting different types of bacteria.
Are there any antibiotics used in pesticides?
what happens when pesticides and antibiotics are used and how does it related to evolution
Antibiotics are used to treat what?
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.
What is made out of antibiotics?
Pills are made out of antibiotics, used to fight infections.
Can antibiotics be used in the treatment of cancer?
No, antibiotics do not control cancer.
What bacteria and fungi are simple organisms used to make?
They are used to making antibiotics like penicillin
Drug that can kill bacteria?
Bacteria are generally killed by antibiotics which are prepared by either or bacteria or microorganisms and are specifically known as BACTERIOCIDAL
When are antibiotics used to treat chickenpox?
Antibiotics often are prescribed if blisters become infected.
What are antibiotics and what are they used for?
Antibiotics are medicines that cure infections. They have no effect on viruses.
How is bacteria used in antibiotics?
mix
Can we use Ceftriaxone injection when pregnant?
Antibiotics should not be used without proper indications. Ceftriaxone belong to the cephalosporin group of antibiotics. This drug is considered as one of the safest antibiotics that can be used in pregnancy.
Why are antibiotics in animal food bad?
Antibiotics in animal food is bad because the dseases and bacteria get used to the antibiotics in the feed and the evolve and learn how to beat it and therefore the antibiotics in animals feed has no longer an affect on the bacteria. You should only use antibiotics when completely necessary they are not to be used to prevent, only to cure.
