Discussion Board: The nastiest bug (Please follow instruction as exactly instructed below)
We hear about superbugs all the time: a new antibiotic resistance bacterium, a protozoan, or viral disease not responding to any treatment, even hard to treat fungal diseases.
In this week’s assignment, each of you will find and share information about a resistant microbial infection.
1-Have the complete name of the resistant microbe as the subject line: please be specific and read the previous comments carefully: MRSA and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are the same.
Duplicated entries are not acceptable.
2- Your submission should include information such as:
Name of the microbe
What kind of resistance it has
Name of the gene (if applicable)
When did it appear and where
How widespread it is (if epidemiological data are available), why is it concerning,
Is there any antibiotic/drug that works or seems promising in studies?
Please do not use “MRSA, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ; Neisseria Gonorrhoeae ; Mycobacterium Tuberculosis” resistant microbes as they used by other students in discussion.
Please let me know if you have any questions about above instructions.
Thank you,
Best,
Allen