http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34857015
Antibiotic resistance: world on cusp of ‘post-antibiotic era
There exists a drug of last resort, a drug that when bacteria is resistant to everything else will kill bacteria. In China resistance to Colistin (the drug) has been shown in bacteria. Scientists have forecasted that this resistance will be spread around the world and there will be many more untreatable infections. Known as ‘The antibiotic apocalypse’ this phenomenon is when bacteria is completely resistant to known antibiotics. The affect will be wide scale, common infections may kill the old and young and recovering from surgery would be riskier than ever. It is also said that the transfer rate of this resistance is very high meaning the resistance will spread extremely quickly. This is a very scary prospect and somewhat relates to what we are studying in class at the moment, we are studying bacteria and bacteria replication. This is how the Colisitin resistance is being spread between bacterium
Antibiotic resistance: world on cusp of ‘post-antibiotic era
There exists a drug of last resort, a drug that when bacteria is resistant to everything else will kill bacteria. In China resistance to Colistin (the drug) has been shown in bacteria. Scientists have forecasted that this resistance will be spread around the world and there will be many more untreatable infections. Known as ‘The antibiotic apocalypse’ this phenomenon is when bacteria is completely resistant to known antibiotics. The affect will be wide scale, common infections may kill the old and young and recovering from surgery would be riskier than ever. It is also said that the transfer rate of this resistance is very high meaning the resistance will spread extremely quickly. This is a very scary prospect and somewhat relates to what we are studying in class at the moment, we are studying bacteria and bacteria replication. This is how the Colisitin resistance is being spread between bacterium