A Threat to Life
A medicine called an antibiotic not only prevents but also treats bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance occurs when the bacteria mutates or changes in a way that reduces the effectiveness of the medications used to treat it. Antibiotic resistance poses a threat to one's life due to the rise in mortality it causes, the high expense of treatment, and the fact that it affects people of all ages and from all walks of life worldwide. Pneumonia and TB infections have become more resilient.
Common Resistant Bacteria
Klebsiella pneumonia, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Burkholderia cepacia, streptococcus pyrenes, Acinetobacter baumannii, Mycobacterium TB, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium difficile are a few of the common resistant bacteria in our environment. These micro-orgasms develop antibiotic-resistant genes through two main ways: one, they acquire their resistance from another bacterium, and two, genetic mutation where a DNA piece from a group of the DNA that codes resistant transfers to the bacterium.
Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance spread through various ways like food, water, healthcare facilities, traveling, trade and from animal to humans and vice versa. These antibiotic-resistant bacteria resist antibiotics in many ways: one, the antibiotic fights and kills bacteria, and one survives the effect of antitoxin it later multiplies, and it then replaces all the killed bacteria, two using wrong antibiotics will do less harm to the bacteria causing infection thus it becomes more prevalent.
Measures to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Several measures can be taken in society to combat the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One should use antibiotics only if prescribed by a doctor and people should not share any medicinal drugs. Policymakers should come up with policies of control and prevention of infection; health professionals should administer antibiotics only when needed and advise patients on how to take the drugs correctly and the dangers of misusing antibiotics.
