{"id":569777,"date":"2010-05-19T04:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T08:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=11267"},"modified":"2010-05-19T04:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T08:37:26","slug":"overuse-of-antibiotics-causes-resistance-and-more-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/569777","title":{"rendered":"Overuse of Antibiotics Causes Resistance and More Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/antibiotics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/antibiotics-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4              &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                            &lt;![endif]--> <strong>Antibiotic resistance<\/strong> poses danger to humans against some bacterial infections. Strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics can be caused by improper use of <strong>antibiotics<\/strong>. Dr <strong>Donald Poretz<\/strong>, an infectious disease specialist, said \u201cYou end up with very resistant bacteria in the <em>urinary tract<\/em>. That&#8217;s only one example. Skin infections, lung infections, different bacteria causing these types of infections as they become more and more resistant, and then you get to more severe problem like tuberculosis in many parts of the world. People are given little of this and little of that to treat tuberculosis and tuberculosis germs develop resistance.\u201d <strong>Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus<\/strong> also known as <strong>MRSA<\/strong> is one of the most lethal infections born out of bacterial resistance which kills 19,000 people in the United States every year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AdSense Now! V1.90 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 2] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense adsense-midtext\" style=\"float:left;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0705872009880607\";\n\/* 336x280, created 2\/24\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4440161719\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dr <strong>Thomas Frieden<\/strong>, director of the <em>US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/em>, said \u201cWe speak of the pre-antibiotic and antibiotic eras, but if we don&#8217;t improve our response to the public <em>health problem<\/em> of antibiotic resistance, we may enter a post- antibiotic world in which we will have few or no clinical interventions for some infections.\u201d Specialists are concerned that the more times the antibiotics are used, the less effective they become. The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics due to its <em>mutation<\/em> is a natural process. Experts say that the best solution is to educate patients and doctors to stop using antibiotics when they are not necessary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1px;height: 1px;overflow: hidden\"><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4              &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                            &lt;![endif]--><!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; \tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; \tmso-font-charset:1; \tmso-generic-font-family:roman; \tmso-font-format:other; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:Calibri; \tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:swiss; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-unhide:no; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin-top:0in; \tmargin-right:0in; \tmargin-bottom:10.0pt; \tmargin-left:0in; \tline-height:115%; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:11.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault \t{mso-style-type:export-only; \tmso-default-props:yes; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoPapDefault \t{mso-style-type:export-only; \tmargin-bottom:10.0pt; \tline-height:115%;} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:&quot;Table Normal&quot;; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-priority:99; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:&quot;&quot;; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin-top:0in; \tmso-para-margin-right:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; \tmso-para-margin-left:0in; \tline-height:115%; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:11.0pt; \tfont-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} --> <!--[endif]--><span>speak of the pre-antibiotic and antibiotic eras, but if we don&#8217;t improve our response to the public health problem of antibiotic resistance, we may enter a post- antibiotic world in which we will have few or no clinical interventions for some infections<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/health\/2010\/the-platypus-holds-the-key-for-a-superbug-antibiotic\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Platypus Holds the Key for a Superbug Antibiotic'>The Platypus Holds the Key for a Superbug Antibiotic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/health\/2010\/china-admits-those-with-stds-leprosy\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: China Admits Those With STDs, Leprosy'>China Admits Those With STDs, Leprosy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/general\/2010\/cdc-panel-asks-for-yearly-flu-vaccine-shots\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CDC Panel Asks for Yearly Flu Vaccine Shots!'>CDC Panel Asks for Yearly Flu Vaccine Shots!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sevensidedcube\/OXLF\/~4\/HyKII4jegW8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antibiotic resistance poses danger to humans against some bacterial infections. Strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics can be caused by improper use of antibiotics. Dr Donald Poretz, an infectious disease specialist, said \u201cYou end up with very resistant bacteria in the urinary tract. That&#8217;s only one example. 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