Questions from Antimicrobial Resistance article
1. In the news recently there have been stories about new MDR strains of tuberculosis, staphylococcus and
gonorrhea around the Puget Sound area. What does MDR mean? Why is it a concern?
2. What types of organisms can develop antimicrobial resistance?
3. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through selective pressure.
4. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through mutation.
5. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through gene transfer.
6. Why shouldn’t you demand antimicrobials from your doctor when you have a cold, or other viral
infection?
7. Why are hospitals the most common place to become infected with some of the most dangerous strains
of resistant germs?
8. Most companies that grow livestock for human consumption regularly add antibiotics to the animal
feed. This practice promotes faster growth and overall improved health of the livestock. Hypothesize
how this common practice could lead to greater antibiotic resistance among the humans that eat these
animals.
Questions from Antimicrobial Resistance article
1. In the news recently there have been stories about new MDR strains of tuberculosis, staphylococcus and
gonorrhea around the Puget Sound area. What does MDR mean? Why is it a concern?
2. What types of organisms can develop antimicrobial resistance?
3. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through selective pressure.
4. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through mutation.
5. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through gene transfer.
6. Why shouldn’t you demand antimicrobials from your doctor when you have a cold, or other viral
infection?
7. Why are hospitals the most common place to become infected with some of the most dangerous strains
of resistant germs?
8. Most companies that grow livestock for human consumption regularly add antibiotics to the animal
feed. This practice promotes faster growth and overall improved health of the livestock. Hypothesize
how this common practice could lead to greater antibiotic resistance among the humans that eat these
animals.
Questions from Antimicrobial Resistance article
1. In the news recently there have been stories about new MDR strains of tuberculosis, staphylococcus and
gonorrhea around the Puget Sound area. What does MDR mean? Why is it a concern?
2. What types of organisms can develop antimicrobial resistance?
3. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through selective pressure.
4. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through mutation.
5. Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops through gene transfer.
6. Why shouldn’t you demand antimicrobials from your doctor when you have a cold, or other viral
infection?
7. Why are hospitals the most common place to become infected with some of the most dangerous strains
of resistant germs?
8. Most companies that grow livestock for human consumption regularly add antibiotics to the animal
feed. This practice promotes faster growth and overall improved health of the livestock. Hypothesize
how this common practice could lead to greater antibiotic resistance among the humans that eat these
animals.