Question 1

what is risk of c diff if repeatedly treated with antibiotics? also risk of antibiotic resistance?

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Uncommon but real: This is an uncommon but real issue.Risk varies with the type/duration and intensity of antibiotic use (IV vs oral,etc.) Many centers do stool surveillance cultures to spot this in higher risk patients. Resistance is  an everyday issue today which drives us to be selective &amp; specific on antibiotic use.The risk of an individual having to deal with these is part of dealing with healthcare today

Question 2

what sort of problem is antibiotic resistance?

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Smart bugs: Each antibiotic has a specific  mechanism to attach bacteria. When bacteria change their own structure they can escape this mechanism, meaning antibiotic will not work any more. Once bacteria change, their "offspring" will also escape the action of antibiotic. This is now a new strain of bacteria which requires application of different mechanism antibiotic. For some we dont have antibiotics yet!

Question 3

what are the causes for the development of antibiotic resistance?

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Mutations: Just like humans, germs have dna that occasionally mutates. For some mutations it will lead to development of new cell wall structure or other features that alter the germ enough that a specific antibiotic no longer works to kill it. The more often an antibiotic is used in the general population, the more pressure exists to create a resistant strain.

Question 4

what can cause antibiotic resistance for a bacterium?

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Bacteriophage: Bacterial viruses can transfer antibiotic resistance.

Question 5

how can we prevent antibiotic resistance from worsening?

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Avoid: Avoid all unnecessary use of antibiotics.

Question 6

how prevalent his antibiotic resistance in regards to sepsis?

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Need more data: Sepsis is a syndrome - a constellation of symptoms - and can be caused by many kinds of bacteria.  The likelihood of encountering a resistant bacterium in the general community is relatively low; nursing home residents, patients who have had recent antibiotics, and patients who have been recently hospitalized are at more risk. Infections obtained in the ICU or cystic fibrosis ward are the riskiest.

Question 7

what are causes of antibiotic resistance?

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Exposure: Bacteria that is recurrently exposed to same antibiotic tend to become resistant.

Question 8

can you tell me about antibiotic resistance?

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Abx Resistance: It is the case where the bacteria develops mechanisms to fight our antibiotics and render them ineffective.

Question 9

can you tell me how antibiotic resistance has evolved?

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Antibiotic resistanc: Antibiotic resistance has evolved because of overuse of antibiotics for viral infection which do not respond to antibiotics.. Also some bugs can mutate and become drug resistant

Question 10

what types of antibiotic resistance are common out there?

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Common problem: Not long after the first penicillin became available we started to see staphylococcus that was resistant. Synthetic penicillins (methacillin& others) were developed & we had more resistant germs. Sometimes we can focus treatment by sending a germ to the lab(uti) & testing it against several abx to make sure we only use the one that works. That slows the emergence of new resistant germs.

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