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Biology · Coordination & response

Drugs

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Antibiotic Resistance

Drugs - any chemical substance taken into the body that modifies or affects chemical reactions in the body.

  • Antibiotics – used for the treatment of bacterial infections. They kill/stop growth of bacteria/other microbes) They are effective against bacteria but NOT AGAINST viruses.

Antibiotic resistance

  1. Overuse of antibiotics.
  2. Resistant bacteria will survive.
  3. Antibiotic no longer effective.

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