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How does non-compliance with antibiotic treatment regimens lead to the generation of drug resistant bacteria? (a) How do antibiotics affect bacterial cells? (b) Which cell structure(s) are typically targeted? (c) Based on this information do you think human cells are affected by...
How do antibiotics work without harming the surrounding human cells? How can an infectious disease be spread? How does the immune system protect the body from disease? How are pathogens killed in cell mediated immunity? What is the difference in how a virus and bacteria replicate and affect cel...
Contrary to popular belief,antibioticshave no effect on a virus. Most antibiotics interfere with the reproduction of bacteria, hindering their creation of new genetic instructions or new cell walls. Because viruses do not carry out their own biochemical reactions, antibiotics do not affect them. Immu...
It’s not always obvious whether an infection is viral or bacterial. Sometimes, your doctor will do tests before deciding which treatment you need. Antibiotics Side Effects Since your gut is full of good and bad bacteria, antibiotics often affect your digestive system while treating an infection....
antibiotic treatment. When treating SIBO, the scientific community doesn’t agree on what type of antibiotics should be used, what dose they should be, or how long they should be used. Physicians will therefore prescribe antibiotics that affect a wide range of bacteria to treat SIBO, which ...
Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus, often abbreviated to MRSA, is a type of staph bacteria. MRSA is considered a type of "superbug," because it has become resistant to antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Those antibiotics include methicillin, from which it gets its name, and also penic...
We sanitize our hands, wash our food, cook it to the proper temperatures, and take antibiotics when we’re sick. But it turns out that bacteria is absolutely necessary for us to live—as long as we have theright kindof bacteria, that it. ...
Scientists can also treat cultures to reduce the odds of contamination. “Antibiotics are a common method to prevent bacterial and yeast contamination,” Zhu says. For example, ciprofloxacin is effective against many types of bacteria, including mycoplasma. So, these antibiotics “can be used prophyl...
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