antibiotic resistance

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Antibiotic resistance

Microbial arms race

Resistance can be spread across spieces via plasmids

Can spread from corn to human

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Primary drives

Over prescribing

MIs use/ not finishing treatment

Over use in livestock and fish farming

Poor infection control on hospitals

Lack of hygiene and sanitation

Lack of new antibiotics being developed

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Mechanisms of resistance

Biofilms drastically inhibit the effectiveness of any chemotherapy regardless of MOA

Efflux

Immunity & bypass

Target modification

Inactivating enzymes

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ESKAPE

E- enterococcus faecium

S- staphylococcus aureus

K- klebsiella pneumoniae

A- acinetobacter baumannii

P- pseudomonas aeruginosa

E- enterobacter spp