There is growing concern about the threat of antibiotic resistant microbes and their impact on our health and health care system. Antibiotic resistant infections kill around 23,000 people per year in the US and cost the health care system about $2 billion per year. Over use of antibiotics in the food industry and in consumer…
Antibiotic resistance is an enormous problem that affects approximately 2 million people in the US each year. Most of our antibiotics attack bacteria by interfering with their ability to make DNA and therefore preventing their growth. Bacteria that develop resistance to these antibiotics have mutated and developed a way to get around the effects of…
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health with the evolution of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. These bacteria cause 2 million infections a year in the US that are difficult and in some cases deadly. Our over use of antibiotics in medicine, agriculture, and commercial uses has contributed to this rise in resistance.…
Growing numbers of bacteria are becoming resistant to even our strongest antibiotics. The largest contributor to this rise in antibiotic resistance is over and unnecessary use of antibiotics in the agriculture industry and human health. Antibiotics should be spared for only confirmed bacterial infections but instead are often prescribed to combat any infection of unknown…
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that affects every country in the world. Bacteria are evolutionary melting pots and in a short amount of time are able to acquire genes that allow them break down antibiotics and survive our current treatments. This can result in life threatening infections that are resistant to all known drugs. MRSA…
Superbugs are bacteria that have developed resistance to the killing action of our best antibiotics. Becoming ill with an infection from one of these bugs usually means a lengthy stay in the intensive care unit so you can be monitored and treated with last resort antibiotics. Patients lives are at risk when these final antibiotics fail. Antibiotic…
Antibiotics have been our mainstay treatment for bacterial infections since the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Infectious diseases kill more people worldwide than any other single disease. Infectious diseases can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other one cell bugs called protozoa. Antibiotics only work in treating bacterial infections and not any of the…
It’s been shown that there are 10 times as many bacteria on you as there are human cells in your body, this is called your microbiome. Your microbiome plays an important role in aiding digestion, training your immune system and preventing the growth of harmful bacteria. For the most part this bacteria does no harm to…
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