Antibiotic Resistance and MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that can be found on the skin and in the throat. It cause range of illnesses from minor skin infections to life-threatening disease such as meningitis and septicemia. Some strains of Staphylococcus aureus have evolved become resistant to one or more of the commonly used antibiotics including methicillin. These are termed methicillin-resistant...

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Antibiotic Resistance and TB

TB is a bacterial disease of the lungs. Antibiotics can be used to treat TB but they need to be taken for 6 - 9 months and this is where the problem lies.  - TB that is resistant to the 2 most commonly used antibiotics (isoniazid and rifampin) is called multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. - MDR TB requires treatment for 18-24 months with "second-line drugs" (there...

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Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Now!!

They are some important steps should be taken by every human to prevent and stop antibiotic resistance. Doctors, nurses, veterinarians and other health workers Don’t prescribe or dispense antibiotics unless they are truly necessary and you have made all efforts to test and confirm which antibiotic your human patient or the animal you are treating should have. Today,...

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What the Industry do from Antibiotics?

In our life when we hear about antibitics, we always relate antibiotics with humans. But the truth is not only humans are taking antibiotics. More than 80% of antibiotics are given for animals for the rapid growth and to prevent from sicks caught from not clean environments. It's maybe sounds great but they are not. Over the years there has been a significant increase...

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