Essay Archive - Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance
For about 50 years, antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial
infections. Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living
things. Doctors prescribed these medicines to cure many diseases. During
World War II, it treated one of the biggest killers during wartime -
infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when
antibiotics were being mass produced, bacteria started to evolve and became
resistant to these medicines.
Antibiotic resistance can be the result of different things. One cause of
resistance could be drug ....
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