Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
...resistant to antibacterial drugs. Resistance can be intrinsic, meaning a basic characteristic that naturally...resistant somehow overtime. One fantastic example of intrinsic resistance would be Mycoplasma species’ resistance...possess cell walls. As a result, Mycoplasma are intrinsically resistant to this class of antibiotic. Acquired...be unharmed by the compound it produces (think intrinsic resistance), but surrounding microbes would be...prescribed to them
This may seem counter-intuitive considering the other three scenarios, but a short treatment...