3.33 Antibiotic Resistance

Understand how resistance to antibiotics can increase in bacterial populations

Resistance to antibiotics can increase in bacterial populations
1. eg. Staphylococcus Aureus is treated with Methicillin antibiotic
2. MSSA = Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus
3. Random mutations to MRSA = Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
4. Non-random selection to survive and increases in population due to its resistance to the antibiotic used to suppress or eliminate the bacteria