How is antibiotic immunity acquired?

Answer 1

If you mean antibiotic resistance, when an antibiotic is used inapropriatly the bacteria is not completley erradicated and the ones that survive are the ones that are inharently resistant to the drug and those produce the next generation that are at least as resistant as their parents if not more and this happens repeadedly until the antibiotic is no longer effective for that bacteria. This is why you should not take an antibiotic for your colds because those are viral infections and you are just causing bacteria to get exposed to antibiotics unnessesarily, also if you do get an antibiotic you must take all of it, dont quit taking it when you feel better and save the rest for next time, you will be doing humanity a disservice

Answer 2

It's not the patient that becomes immune to the antibiotic, its the rapidly growing and mutating strains of bacteria that can eventually become resistant. Overprescribing antibiotics is a real problem in this regard, since the bacteria which develop resistance to the prescribed antibiotic are the only ones left, and without competition, they flourish. An easily understood example: Bacteria and yeast co-exist as competitors, each limiting the growth and reproduction of the other. If antibiotics are given, the bacteria die, and the yeast flourishes. An infant with oral thrush after an ear infection treated with antibiotics is a good example. A woman with a Candida infection after therapy for a urinary tract infection is also common.

Answer 3

antibiotic immunity is caused when you start taking an antibiotic and quit in the middle of the persciption the bacteria will then become resistant to that antibiotic it can also occur when you take an antibiotic when you have a cold or some other viral infection the bacteria then becomes exposed there for resistant and the next time you are exposed to the same bacteria that antibiotic will not or may not work

Answer 4

it develops because of improper use. When antibiotics are prescribed for 7 days, we should take it for 7 days. The problem is, once we feel better, we stop completing treatments. But the problem is. We haven't completely eradicated those bugs in our body. The bugs somehow develop immunity because the drug dosages are dropping down and at sub-population, they continue to grow they become accustomed to it, developing resistance ultimately. Antibiotics are our only defense against serious infections and unless we stop using overkill drugs for simple infections and complete treatment duration. we may never have any antibiotics for a simple infection next time.

Answer 5

what does it mean"antibiotic immunity" ?if you want to know resistance against a particular antibiotic antibiotic? when you catch infection it mean a particular organism is in your body then you take antibiotic to kill that organism for a fixed time for example 6 days it mean 6 days are enough time to kill all that organism in your body if you feel better in3 days n you discontinue medicine it mean you allow some organism in your body b/c u didn't complete antibiotic course ,then remaining organims generate chemicals against that particular drug and become resistant against that antibiotic next time either you need a heavy dose of same antibiotic or you've to change antibiotc

Answer 6

it being prescribed too many times. The body needs to try and fight on its own, thats how the immune system is strenghtened.

Answer 7

the bacteria have defence mechanism just like we do. one of those is an MDR pump that once it recognizes something as toxic expells it. if you don't take all the meds and some of the bugs survive they adapt

Answer 8

if you keep on taking a particular antibiotics indiscriminately it becomes known to your system or becomes friendly with your system