Chapter 10, Problem 3Q

Summary Introduction

To determine:

An opening statement supporting evolution, using antibiotic resistance in microbes as an example.

Introduction:

Many antibiotics are natural products of fungi and bacteria; therefore, microbes have developed a survival strategy involving resistance to these antibiotics. Microbes can acquire antimicrobial resistance, whether antibiotics are present or not. Different antimicrobial agents are specific to the causative microbes of an infection. Administering non-recommended drugs to patients poses a risk of toxicity and increased antibiotic resistance by microbes.