Antibiotics

Title: Antibiotics
Category: Science & Technology / Biology | Words: 1189 | Pages: 5.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Antibiotics

<Tab/>Antibiotic use promotes development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotics have not only become ineffective against many kinds of bacteria, the overuse of antibiotics has created super resistant classes of bacteria that can resist all antibiotics and escape our own immune systems. Fatigue, Colds, Sinus Infections, Sore Throats, Respiratory Infections, Skin Infections, Ear Infections, Gastrointestinal Disorders and Food Poisoning are all ailments caused by harmful and resistant bacterial strains that can leave …showed first 75 words of 1189 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1189 total…gt;The increased prevalence of antibiotic resistance is an outcome of evolution. Any population of organisms, bacteria included, naturally includes those with unusual traits; in this case, the ability to withstand an antibiotic's attack on a microbe. When a person takes an antibiotic, the drug kills the defenseless bacteria, leaving behind--or selecting--those that can resist it. These bacteria then multiply, increasing their numbers a million fold in a day, becoming the predominant microorganism.

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