Antibiotic resistance in bacteria: super drugs for super bugs

<strong>School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (SCIS)</strong> a seminar by <strong>Dr. Silpak Biswas</strong> on <strong>Antibiotic resistance in bacteria: super drugs for super bugs</strong> <strong>18h February, 2015</strong> <strong>Abstract :</strong> Bacteria can acquire antibiotic resistance either by mutation or through exchange of genetic material among same or closely related species. Resistance to antibiotics has resulted in morbidity and mortality from treatment failures and increased health care costs. The performance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing by the clinical microbiology laboratory is important to confirm susceptibility to chosen empirical antimicrobial agents, or to detect resistance in individual bacterial isolates. The sudden acquisition of resistance to antibiotics poses difficulties in treating infections. Resistance to several different antibiotics at the same time is even more significant problem. Antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens is a fast emerging global crisis and an understanding of the underlying resistance mechanisms is paramount for design and development of new therapeutic strategies.