Antibiotic Resistance
2022 International Conference Topic
What is Antibiotic Resistance?
Antibiotics Resistance Topic Descriptor
Antibiotics are the most common treatment for bacterial infections in humans, animals, and plants. Antibiotics are added to livestock feed to protect livestock from diseases. This allows for greater growth and production. Antibiotics are also often in the foods humans consume. Antibiotic sprays are commonly used in agriculture, especially for fruit trees. Many plastics today, such as those used in public hygiene stations for babies and children, have antimicrobial additives embedded within the materials. These additives reduce bacterial growth on the plastic’s surfaces.
With this widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, they have become far less effective as medical treatments. This use has also contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. For example, the treatment of tuberculosis requires an increasingly diverse cocktail of antibiotics as bacteria becomes more resistant to previously effective medications. Scientists are continually developing new therapies in a race to stay ahead of the evolution of new antibiotic-resistant pathogens. However, despite these precautions, multi-resistant bacteria continue to appear.
How might the population potentially suffer from emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria? How might the overuse of antibiotics be addressed? How might we protect all species being treated by broad-spectrum antibiotics, while still protecting populations as a whole?
Let's Learn More about Antibiotic Resistance!
1. What are two ways to prevent antibiotic resistance?
2. What is phage therapy?
3. Is it true that more people in the United States died in 2019 from antibiotic resistance than from AIDS and Malaria?
4. Why do poor hygiene habits contribute such a significant role to the issue of Antibiotic Resistance?
Think! Think about the 3 questions below!
- What is the cause and effect of each?
- What might be some possible solutions for one of the questions?
Do Doctors over prescribe Antibiotics?
Did You Know there is a World Antibiotics Awareness Week?
How Much Antibiotics do we Consume in our Food?
Enhance your Thinking with a Thinking Tool!
Antibiotic Resistance Vocabulary
- Use the list and the context of the definitions to fill in the blanks on the cloze activity page
- Create 3 possible Step 1 Challenges using at least 3 different vocabulary words
Critical Thinking is Crucial!
Watch the video below and discuss the thinking questions below it. Formulate a group consensus or opinion about the topic of Antibiotic Resistance!
Points to Ponder...
What is phage therapy?
How old is bacteria phage therapy?
How do phages work or attack?
How would you respond to the statement that Antimicrobial resistance or AMR could claim 10 Million lives every year by the year 2050?
Did you know that people in a coma can hear what is going on around them? How did this lead to the patient’s recovery?
Why do you think antibiotics are sometimes over prescribed?
How would you describe Stefani, the patient’s wife? What lesson can be learned from her?
Think of some Creative "WHOs" for Your Solutions!
Good Luck as you prepare, research, collaborate, and use your BEST FPS skills for the
2022 International Conference!