NURS 4440- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)
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Becoming a community problem this not no longer just a hospital problem. Think psudomonosis but with a bacterium resistant gene. A viral gene component that contains antibiotic resistance. Gene sequence can jump from bacterium to bacterium. Viruses don"t have to touch or be the same type host. Gene sequence can jump in puddles, moist environments, or when in the same. In us facilities are not required to report outbreaks. Can live in the stomach without infecting patients" 1/2 of antibiotic use is unnecessary of inappropriate. Resistance to antibiotics has been known since the beginning. Antibiotics are the only drug class where the more you use the more you lose. Surgically remove as much of the infection as possible, and support the body as much as possible. Antibiotic resistance is #70 on nih list of priorities. Many major drug companies are pulling out of antibiotic research. It can cost up to 1 billion dollars to produce a new drug.
