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CONVICTS AMONG BACTERIA
Bacteria are
beneficial to humans because we found them useful in brewing industries, milk
factories, Agriculture, pharmaceutical companies and they also aid
digestion in human and livestock. However among bacteria there are bad ones that aren’t beneficial to
humans because they are responsible for various human diseases.
Talking about convicts
among bacteria, this is simply in this context referring to those bacteria with
exceptional abilities in resisting treatments especially with antibiotics which
are expected to kill the bacteria.
Antibiotics are
designed specifically for the treatment of bacteria causing various infections.
There are different classes of antibiotics that are available commercially.
Among these classes we have penicillin (e.g. ampicillin), aminoglycosides (e.g.
gentamicin), fluoroquinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin) to mention but few.
Before a bacteria can
be termed multidrug resistance, it must be able to withstand 2 or more of the classes
of antibiotics. Bacteria in this category are problematic because they often
lead to treatment failures, recurrent infections, prolong hospital stay and
financial burden.
These are the convicts
among bacteria. They are medically important bacteria hence must be paid close
attention to due to the amount of dangers they can cause. In subsequent series we shall be discussing them one after the other.
Tip. To avoid the
multiplication of multidrug resistant bacteria, it is advisable to follow
doctor’s prescription in taking antibiotics and avoid self-medication which is
known to be among factors leading to development of resistant bacteria.
To be continued
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