antibiotic disease Flashcards
1
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What is the Meaning ?
A
- infectious diseases are increasingly difficult to treat because of antimicrobial resistant organism
- 5-10% patients of all hospital patients develop an infection that leads to longer hospital stays = more costs
2
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What ist about microbes?
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- living in organism that multiply fequently and spread rapidly
- including: bacteria, viruses
- some microbes cause disease and others exist in the body
3
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What is about Antimicrobial Resistance?
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- ability of microbes to grow up in the presence of a chemical that would normally kill them
- makes it harder to eliminate infection from the body
- drugs become less effective
- diseases are more difficult to treat
- cause: overuse or misuse
4
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What is about the causes from the Antimicrobial Resistance?
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- Selective Pressure
- can survive against antimicrobial, if they carry resistance genes
- survivors will replicate and their progeny will quickly become the dominant type - Mutation
- microbes by dividing every few hours
- the reason for the the rapidly evolving - inappropriate use
- selection of resistant microorganism is exacerbated by inappropriate use of antimicrobials - Inadequate diagnosis
- doctors have to use incomplete informationto diagnose
- lead to a wrong antimicrobial treatment - Hospital Use
- ill patients are more susceptible to infections and often require the aid of antimicrobials
- heavier use for patients can worsen to problem by selecting - agricultural Use
- antibiotics feed promotes drug resistance
5
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What is about the prevention?
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- You have to discuss the appropriate (geeignet) medicine for your illness with your doctor
- Strictly follow the prescriptions medicine directions (never share, take medicine from antoher person)
- Talk to you healthcare provider so that he has a clear understanding about your symptoms
- Don’t safe antibiotics fort he next time
- Take the medicine exactly
- Healthy lifestyle habits as well as good
- Hygiene can help to prevent illness
