Antimicrobial Resistance Quiz

Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs develop the ability to defeat drugs designed to kill them.

Over time, these microorganisms no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat.

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global public health threat, killing at least 1.27 million people worldwide in 2019.

<p>More than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year in the U.S.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resistance to even one antibiotic can lead to serious problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clostridioides difficile, though not typically resistant, can cause deadly diarrhea and is linked to antimicrobial use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organ failure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Joint replacements, organ transplants, cancer therapy, and treatment of chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We lose the ability to treat infections and control public health threats</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By preventing access to sites, producing inactivating enzymes, possessing impermeable cell membranes, or lacking specific proteins like porins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overproduction of target enzymes, altering the drug target, efflux pumping, preventing drug entry at the membrane level, having a bypass pathway, or inhibiting drug-converting enzymes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to their resistance to antifungals and host defenses</p> Signup and view all the answers