Assignment 3-1, Week 6

1.  
By Lynn Hall

2.  Penicillin introduced to public in 1944
o 14% bacteria resistance within 2 years of introduction
o 59% bacteria resistance by 1949
 Research is being done at The Ohio State University
o Regulating Antibiotics will help reduce antibiotic resistance

3. Bacteria can resist the
effects of antibiotics
and multiply

4.  One of the world’s most pressing public health problems
 Bacteria has become stronger
o Less responsive to antibiotics
o Spreads quickly
o Difficult to cure
o Expensive to treat

5.  Antibiotic use:
o Promotes development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
o Sensitive bacteria killed
o Resistant germs left to multiply
 Improper use of antibiotics
 Over 100 antibiotics available

6.  Do not take antibiotics for Viral Infections:
o Colds
o Flu
o Most Coughs and Bronchitis
o Sore Throats (except those resulting from strep throat)
o Some Ear Infections

7.  Achievements of modern medicine put at risk
o Effectiveness of medicine lowered
o Success lowered for treatments for
• Transplantation, chemotherapy, and major surgery
 Global trade and travel are affected
 Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
 Extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB)
 Resistance to anti-malaria drugs
 MRSA from hospital-acquired infections

8. Smart use of Antibiotics:
 Do not take for viral infections
 Take exactly as directed, completing entire course
 Do not save some for next time you are sick
 Do not take someone else’s prescription
 Do not press your healthcare provider to prescribe if not
necessary
 Proper hand-washing and cleaning of surfaces

9.  Antibiotic Resistance Questions & Answers. (2010). The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention website. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/antibiotic-use/anitbiotic-
resistance-faqs.html
 Antimicrobial resistance. (2011). World Health Organization website. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs194/en/
 Cunningham, W.P., and Cunningham, M.A. (2011). Principles of Environmental Science:
Inquiry and Applications (6th ed., pp. 96-127). McGraw-Hill: New York, NY.
 Drug Resistant Bacteria Images. (2012). Google.com search images. Retrieved from
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 Filipic, M. (2012). Researchers Unravel Challenges of Drug-Resistant Bacteria. Retrieved
from http://extension.osu.edu/news-releases/archives/2012/january/researchers-unravel-
challenges-of-drug-resistant-bacteria/
 The case for stonger antibiotic regulation. (1999). The Ohio State University Physics website.
Retrieved from http://www.physics.ohio-
state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Samples/policy/antibiotics.html