{"id":160,"date":"2019-10-07T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicineplexus.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2019-10-07T20:33:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:03:01","slug":"antibiotic-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicineplexus.com\/antibiotic-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotic resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Antibiotic\nresistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Multi Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Initially, the term XDR was created to\ndescribe extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (XDR MTB) and\nwas defined as \u2018resistance to the first-line agents’ isoniazid and rifampicin,\nto a fluoroquinolone and to at least one of the three-second-line parenteral\ndrugs (i.e. amikacin, kanamycin or capreomycin)\u2019. Subsequent to this,\ndefinitions for strains of non-mycobacterial bacteria that were XDR<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cross Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Acquisition of resistance to one AMA\nconferring resistance to another AMA, to which the organism has not been\nexposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \nEg. Aminoglycoside-modifying\nenzymes which may confer resistance to several members of the aminoglycoside\nfamily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eg. Macrolides and Lincosamides<\/p>\n\n\n\n Impact of antibiotic resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Three\nagents of greatest concern associated with both hospital- and community-acquired\ninfections. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Enterobacteriaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Acinetobacter baumanni<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Enterobacteriaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other Infections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – 60% resistance in pentavalent antimony<\/p>\n\n\n\n –\n25% in pentamidine<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is NDM-1?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Superbugs* are visible manifestations of\nour prolonged failure to preserve antibiotics<\/p>\n\n\n\n (** Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus<\/em>, MDR-and XDR Mycobacteria,\nESBL producing Gram-negative bacteria and NDM-1 producing Enterobacteriaceae\nbacteria are few examples of superbugs because these fail to respond to a large\nnumber of commonly used antibiotics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Causes: Known\nbut neglected <\/strong>\u00e0 Need immediate action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Factors of Antibiotic Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Patient-Related\ncauses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Drug-related causes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prescriber related factors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKnown but inevitable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n