relieve the symptoms but they do not kill the pathogen
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what do antibiotics do e.g penicillin?
the kill the pathogen inside you body but not viral pathogens
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what is the resistant strain of bacteria
MRSA
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why has MRSA become antibiotic resistant
the pathogen mutates, producing a new strain, this strain in resistant to antibiotics. As there is no competition as the antibiotic killed the other bacterias this strain mulitplies rapidly causing illness.
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what factors contribute to an increase in the number of antibiotic resistant bacterias
overuse of antibiotics and prescribing inappropiate antibiotics
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Card 2
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the kill the pathogen inside you body but not viral pathogens
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what do antibiotics do e.g penicillin?
Card 3
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MRSA
Back
Card 4
Front
the pathogen mutates, producing a new strain, this strain in resistant to antibiotics. As there is no competition as the antibiotic killed the other bacterias this strain mulitplies rapidly causing illness.
Back
Card 5
Front
overuse of antibiotics and prescribing inappropiate antibiotics
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