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https://www.pbs.org/video/hunting-nightmare-bacteria-update-nqil1d/

1) Summarized the video. Discuss about the 3 cases of Gram-Negative bacteria infections on the video. Why these people got infected with these different types of Gram-Negative bateria? Why are pharmaceutical companies cutting their budget to create more antibiotics to fight againts bacteria-resistance from these Gram-Negative Bateria?

2) Provide and explain 3 ways that healthy people can do to prevent getting infected by these Gram-Negative bateria. Provide and explain 3 ways that infected people can do to prevent these Gram-Negative bacteria from growing more in their bodies. How can we prevent the spreading of super bugged? If their was an effective cure to fight against bateria-resistance from these different types of Gram-Negative bacteria, what would it be?

Explanation / Answer

This video is about the lethal drug-resistant bacteria. According to “WHO”, after intake of antibiotics familiar infections will once more kill. The main problem is that maximum antibiotics are fed to livestock and the agricultural lobbied are so powerful to beat on this matter, they are concerned about the profit, not community health. In the USA every year nearly two million people get infection with antibiotic resistant bacteria and nearly twenty three thousand people become died for this reason. Only Government research can provide a solution for this problem but private companies are only concerned with profit. As for example the fatal effect of lead print, gasoline etc. where industry get profit, people died and the government saved people. The steps such as global cooperation, implementation of international law, involvement of intergovernmental bodies like UN or IPCC are necessary for this kind of issues.

Addie Rerecich get infection of community associated MRSA. Another one is David Ricci who gets the infection from India after a train accident in there. Another one is a patient who was suffering from some complication with bone marrow transplantation.

All are get infection of gram negative bacteria due to healthcare association like surgery or wound or bloodstream infection.

KPC produce an enzyme which affect then function of some antibiotics which prevent to treat infections, so it is difficult to invent some drug that can prevent the growth of these gram negative bacteria. This is the reason of cutting the budget to invent drugs that can stop the growth of these kinds of bacteria.

2) Healthy people can prevent the infection by-

i) Proper washing of hands after using washroom

ii) Disinfect their hands before dressing wounds of someone

iii) Properly clean their hands after blowing nose or sneezing.

Patient with this infection can follow some steps to prevent more spreading of this infections like-

i) By following the instruction provided by the healthcare professions

ii)By maintaining proper hygiene

iii)Intake exact proper antibiotics in proper dose.

The easiest way to prevent the spreading of superbug is washing hands with soap water.

The most effective way to fight against this disease is maintaining personal hygiene and prevent contamination from an affected person.

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