Week 5 Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Local Bacterial Analysis Paper
Prompt 1:This week, you will write a 2- to 3-page paper on antibiograms and their role in infectious disease epidemiology. Review this week’s readings and antibiogram resources and then answer the following questions: What is an antibiogram? How is it created and used to prevent the growth of multidrug resistant organisms? Research and describe a […]
Antimicrobial drugs
When we first discovered antibiotics such as penicillin, we thought it was a wonder drug. Today, many infectious bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance. For example, there are increasing reports of patients getting infected with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during hospital stays. Consider how drug resistant bugs evolve and how bacteria become drug resistant. Think about […]
