Transcript The moving targets...... Clonality & Diversity in Resistance

ANTIBIOTICS
II.
• Inherently-resistant bacteria
• Mutant selection
• Spread of resistance genes among bacteria
• Spread of resistant bacteria among patients
• Microorganisms resistant to a certain
drug may also be resistant to antibiotics
that share a mechanisms of action.
• Such relationship exist mainly between
antibiotics that are closely related
chemically.