The Rise in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: A Threat to Efficacy of Antibiotics

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1MICROBIOLOGY
The rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria a threat to efficacy of antibiotics
Although antibiotics have revolutionized medicine and the management of chronic
disease, however their efficacy is threatened by the rise in number of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
This essay analyzes the news articles that reports about the rise in number of antibiotic resistant
bacteria in nursing home residents and reviews research literature to find out more about the
reasons for spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
News article headline: A quarter of nursing home residents are colonized with drug resistant
bacteria.
Source: Science daily
The news article published on April 27, 2017 reported about the alarming presence of
multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDR-GNB) like E. Coli in nursing home residents and its impact
on hospitalized residents. The article also gave an insight into patient vulnerability factors and
clinical environment factors that increases the colonization of MDR-GNB (ScienceDaily 2017). I
have chosen to write and review more about the issues presented in this news article because of
the impact of anti-biotic resistance bacteria in minimizing the effects of the drugs. There is a
need to understand the mechanism of resistance and the factors that increases colonization of
bacteria in nursing home setting. This will help to identify effective infection prevention and
control measures needed in hospital setting. The news article was based on the journal article by
Aliyu, Smaldone and Larson (2017) which provided a meta-analysis on prevalence of MDR-
GNB among nursing home residents.
The review on research study to understand mechanism behind antibiotic resistant
properties of bacteria has revealed that bacteria increases the expression of drug efflux pumps