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Encyclopedia: Antibiotic
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Antibiotic resistance is a specific type of drug resistance when a microorganism has the ability of withstanding the effects of antibiotics.
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US FDA provides information on disease-causing organisms that have become resistant to drug therapy are an increasing public health problem. News & Events Animal and Veterinary...
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Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat(10/30/2009, HealthDay) Antibiotic Resistance (Food and Drug Administration) Also available in Spanish What Can Be Done about Antibiotic Resistance?(Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
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Apr 20, 2009 The word antibiotic comes from the Greek anti meaning 'against' and bios meaning 'life' (a bacterium is a life form).
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This guide from Johns Hopkins University provides current information about using antibiotics for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Four new CME programs: A 2009 Comprehensive Review of the Recommendations for Vaccination in:
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Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed medications in modern medicine. Antibiotics cure disease by killing or injuring bacteria. The first antibiotic was penicillin, discovered accidentally from a mold culture. In 1959, methicillin, an antibiotic closely related to penicillin, was introduced to...
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Penicillin kills bacteria by weakening the cell wall. Improper antibiotic use selects for populations of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Some bacteria avoid the effect of penicillin by the production of penicillinase, an enzyme that destroys penicillin. A current threat is Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA).
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Examins how the overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to the When the antibiotics quit working...; Overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to them. But could use of household disinfectants cause the same problem? That's what a New Jersey high school student suspects. Is cleaner always better?
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