Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a bacterium or other microorganism to survive and reproduce in the presence of antibiotic doses that were previously thought effective against them. Examples of microbe resistance to antibiotics dot the...

Bacteria can sometimes adapt to the antibiotics used to kill them. This adaptation, which can involve structural changes or the production of enzymes that render the antibiotic useless, can make the particular bacterial species resistant to the...

The ability of a micro-organism to withstand or reduce the effect of an ANTIBIOTIC. Antibiotic resistance may be acquired by evolution or genetic development within a species or acquired from the transference of genetic material from other...

Antibiotics are drugs principally derived from naturally occurring fungi and microorganisms that kill bacteria and can cure patients with bacterial diseases. Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s, many common diseases were lethal or...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic. It is a specific type of drug resistance. Antibiotic resistance evolves naturally via natural selection through random mutation, but it could also be...

A increasing number of bacteria are developing resistance to various antibiotics. For example, methicillin-resistant Straphylococcus aureus is resistant to all common antibiotics, with the exception of vancomycin, and there are signs that it may be developing vancomycin resistance. HOSPITALS are supposed to be...

Impact of Drug Resistance on Antibiotic Therapy - part 2 This second article in a three-part series provides healthcare representatives with an understanding of the concept of bacterial resistance to antibiotics in terms of how bacteria acquire resistance and the mechanisms of resistance....

   Antimicrobials have transformed our ability to treat many infectious diseases that were fatal only a few decades ago. The increasing use of antibiotics in humans, animals, and agriculture has resulted in many germs developing resistance to these powerful drugs. All major groups of pathogens...

With reports of an antibiotic-resistant staph infection on the rise, many a parent is sending a child off to school with careful instructions these days. While there is no need to panic — the infection is rarely seen in schools even though overall incidents are...

Outlines the basic history of bacteria. Provides an introduction to antibiotics as well an in-depth description of the causes and effects of antimicrobial resistance.