Antibiotic resistance

Question 1

What are antibiotics used for?

Answer 1

• To kill bacteria and treat bacterial infections

Question 2

How does antibiotic resistance arise?

Answer 2

• A person is infected with an antibiotic infection
• They are prescribed antibiotics ot treat the infection
• Some bacteria have developed random mutations, making them resistant to the antibiotics
• The resistant bacteria won’t be killed by the antibiotics and so will reproduce rapidly via binary fission as there is no other competition

Question 3

What is the main problem leading to antibiotic resistance?

Answer 3

• Over prescription of antibiotics