Drugs Details

Question 1

Role of antibiotics

Answer 1

Used for the treatment of bacterial infections(work by specifically targeting certain bacterial features(eg. cell walls) to kill them)

Question 2

Substances that aren’t affected by antibiotics

Answer 2

Viruses and other non-bacterial pathogens

Question 3

Why some bacteria are resistant to antibiotics

Answer 3

Random genetic mutation

Question 4

How using antibiotics only when essential can limit the development of resistant bacteria(eg. MRSA)

Answer 4

Overusing antibiotics will allow resistant bacteria to thrive, survive and reproduce, leading to the rise of bacteria with that antibiotic resistance