Bacterial Resistance: What You Can Do To Combat It
Bacterial resistance is increasing at a rapid rate. This is mainly due to ineffective infection prevention and inappropriate use of antibiotics.
Bacterial resistance is one of the most worrying problems in the world today. What has been found in recent years is that infections quickly become resistant to antibiotic treatments. This happens at an ever-increasing rate.
Bacterial resistance is estimated to be increasing exponentially. This is largely due to the misuse of antibiotics, which are sometimes overused and other times irrelevant. We have reached a point where some of the treatments against bacteria are becoming ineffective.
This situation is very dangerous, since we are increasingly defenseless against various infectious diseases. Individual, collective and governmental action is required to prevent the problem from getting worse.
What is bacterial resistance?
Bacterial resistance is the mechanism by which bacteria manage to reduce the action of the agents that attack them. It is a process of natural selection and genetic adaptation, by which these microorganisms manage to overcome drugs.
Bacterial resistance occurs when the antibacterial concentration is four times less than the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). In other words, when the bacteria have four times the possibility of neutralizing their attacker.
Currently, the speed with which new resistant organisms emerge is greater than the speed with which new antibiotics are designed . We therefore have a deficit that continues to grow and that leaves us in a compromising situation in the face of infectious diseases.
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