Bacteria & Antibiotics...
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Dealing With Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance developed within a few years of the first antibiotic coming into widespread use in World War II. It is now a global problem. People all over...
How Antibiotics Work
Antibiotics halt bacterial growth and cure infection through two main mechanisms. Antibiotics are either bactericidal or bacteriostatic. Bactericidal antibiotics...
How Do Antibiotics Affect Friendly Gut Bacteria?
Antibiotics are useful drugs that can treat bacterial infections very successfully, despite the antibiotic resistance that has developed. Taking...
Is it Possible to Develop New Antibiotics?
It is possible, yes, but at the current time, new antibiotics are being developed more slowly than at any time in their history. The pace of...
Major Classes of Antibiotics
The first antibiotics developed were penicillin and streptomycin and these are both still in use today, despite the development of antibiotic resistance during the...
What Are Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria?
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are strains of bacteria that can carry on growing and dividing normally in the presence of an antibiotic that...
What Are Antibiotics?
Antibiotics are drugs used to treat bacterial infections. They act specifically on bacteria, although some are also able to kill parasites. Antibiotics are not...
What is C Difficile?
C. difficile is Clostridium difficile, a member of the Clostridium family of bacteria. This family of dangerous human pathogens also includes Clostridium tetani, which...
What is MRSA?
MRSA is an acronym used to describe a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to the killing effect of the antibiotic methicillin. Methicillin-resistant...
When Were Antibiotics Discovered?
Sulphonamide drugs, which could be used to treat bacterial infections in people, were available from 1935 but the first true antibiotic did not come into widespread...
Why Can't Antibiotics Cure the Common Cold?
This is a common question that many people ask when faced with a GP who refuses to give them a prescription for antibiotics when they are feeling...
