Cataract in fish?
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Bacteria resistance to medications isn't due to treatment time (and failure to follow). Bacteria become resistant when they mutate, and strain proliferates due to prolific exposure to the med and a mutated resistance.
Not following the recommended course of treatment just allows bacteria to survive the treatment, not become resistant to it.
Well if they survive the treatment, does it not increase the odds of the bacterium mutating?
So many articles on the news about physicians over-prescribing antibiotics and/or people (in this example) not taking the full course of treatment, because their symptoms improve, and now there are "super-bugs" that have become drug resistant. It was my impression that this was cause/effect. One would think the same sort of thing would happen in other creatures concerning bacterial infections and treatment with antibiotics. That's why Tetracycline is hardly ever used in freshwater anymore, because over time it became ineffective against the bacterial infections it was used to treat.
Jenn
So many articles on the news about physicians over-prescribing antibiotics and/or people (in this example) not taking the full course of treatment, because their symptoms improve, and now there are "super-bugs" that have become drug resistant. It was my impression that this was cause/effect. One would think the same sort of thing would happen in other creatures concerning bacterial infections and treatment with antibiotics. That's why Tetracycline is hardly ever used in freshwater anymore, because over time it became ineffective against the bacterial infections it was used to treat.
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Resistance and course of treatments are two totally different and unrelated things. Overprescribing meds causes resistance because of mutation and proliferation of the resistant mutation due to the over prescription. Course of action is when bacteria are not killed in all stages and cycles because symptoms disappear (despite the bacteria still being present). Apples and oranges.
