Antibiotics: MedlinePlus
05/19/2015 09:44 AM EDT
Source: National Library of Medicine
Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, they can save lives. But there is a growing problem of antibiotic resistance. It happens when bacteria change and become able to resist the effects of an antibiotic.
Using antibiotics can lead to resistance. Each time you take antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed. But resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. They can spread to other people. They can also cause infections that certain antibiotics cannot cure. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one example. It causes infections that are resistant to several common antibiotics.
To help prevent antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, they can save lives. But there is a growing problem of antibiotic resistance. It happens when bacteria change and become able to resist the effects of an antibiotic.
Using antibiotics can lead to resistance. Each time you take antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed. But resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. They can spread to other people. They can also cause infections that certain antibiotics cannot cure. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one example. It causes infections that are resistant to several common antibiotics.
To help prevent antibiotic resistance
- Don't use antibiotics for viruses like colds or flu. Antibiotics don't work on viruses.
- Don't pressure your doctor to give you an antibiotic.
- When you take antibiotics, follow the directions carefully. Finish your medicine even if you feel better. If you stop treatment too soon, some bacteria may survive and re-infect you.
- Don't save antibiotics for later or use someone else's prescription.
05/19/2015 09:31 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Related MedlinePlus Page: Antibiotics
Related MedlinePlus Page: Antibiotics
05/19/2015 09:31 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Related MedlinePlus Page: Antibiotics
Related MedlinePlus Page: Antibiotics
Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, they can save lives. But there is a growing problem of antibiotic resistance. It happens when bacteria change and become able to resist the effects of an antibiotic.
Using antibiotics can lead to resistance. Each time you take antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed. But resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. They can spread to other people. They can also cause infections that certain antibiotics cannot cure. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one example. It causes infections that are resistant to several common antibiotics.
To help prevent antibiotic resistance
- Don't use antibiotics for viruses like colds or flu. Antibiotics don't work on viruses.
- Don't pressure your doctor to give you an antibiotic.
- When you take antibiotics, follow the directions carefully. Finish your medicine even if you feel better. If you stop treatment too soon, some bacteria may survive and re-infect you.
- Don't save antibiotics for later or use someone else's prescription.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Antibiotic Resistance Questions and Answers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Antibiotics: Misuse Puts You and Others at Risk (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance
(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Facts about Antibiotic Resistance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pig Farmers At Greater Risk for Drug-Resistant Staph Infections (05/07/2015, HealthDay)
- Combating Antibiotic Resistance (Food and Drug Administration)
- What Can Be Done about Antibiotic Resistance? (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
- Antibiotic Resistance
(Food and Drug Administration)Available in Spanish
- Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the U.S. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance Prevention
- Mission Critical: Preventing Antibiotic Resistance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Frequently Asked Questions
- Antimicrobial Resistance (World Health Organization)
- Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infection (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE):Overview
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Examples of How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Antibiotics Quiz (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Animation of Antimicrobial Resistance
(Food and Drug Administration)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Antibiotic Resistance
- Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- On the Trail of Drug-Defying Superbugs
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- Article: Emerging issues in gram-negative bacterial resistance: an update for the...
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- Antibiotic Resistance -- see more articles
- Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance Glossary (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Antibiotics and Resistance: Glossary (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
- Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance: Threat Report 2013 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Danger of Antibiotic Overuse (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)Available in Spanish
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