1. Antimicrobial drugs
When we first discovered antibiotics such as penicillin, we thought it was a wonder drug.
Today, many infectious bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance. For example, there
are increasing reports of patients getting infected with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) during hospital stays. Consider how drug resistant bugs evolve and how
bacteria become drug resistant. Think about how human behaviors contribute to resistance
to drugs. If health professionals can no longer prescribe penicillin or methicillin for MRSA
treatment, they need to have new types of antibiotic drugs. Antimicrobial drugs target
certain essential functions of the microbe and have five modes of action from which new
drugs can be developed. Respond Imagine you are developing a new drug to kill the bacteria
in a different way than penicillin does. Identify a mode of antimicrobial action that would be
used to combat the infection. What mode of action would you target? Would you expect
humans to develop resistance to your new drug? Recommend preventative measures for
resistance to your new drug. Explain your answers.#Antimicrobial #drugs
