The antibiotics relo in bacteria resistance

  • Vinicius Canato Santana CESUMAR

Abstract

The paper explains how antibiotics help us to combat bacteriosis, and also presents a brief historical report about the emergence of the antibiotic era with the discovery of penicillin. It introduces the problem of bacteria resistance, and brings the concept of antibiotics and its that produce these substance, and brings the concept of antibiotics and its main function. It questions about the self-defense of the organisms that produce these substances. relates the bacteria structures attacked by antibiotics and how they do that. It shows the difference between natural resistance and acquired resistance and the mechanisms that affect them. It talks about the problem that acquired resistance in the extra-chromosomal level representes in the transference of information through the plasmids. It finalizes by describing how each group of antibiotics triggers resistance. It concludes that this is a serious problem and that the only way out is the correct and safe use of these substances.

Author Biography

Vinicius Canato Santana, CESUMAR
Acadêmico do Curso de Graduação em Biomedicina do CESUMAR.
Published
2007-07-27
Section
Artigos Originais