A Pharmacist’s Primer on Antimicrobial Resistance: Part 1

You feel like you’re finally starting to get the hang of what drugs cover what bugs in what infection. You’ve had some classic ID patient cases and have successfully chosen appropriate therapy. But then surprise, the latest bacterial culture returns resistant. Well, crap. How did that happen, and what do you do now? In this first post of our antimicrobial resistance series, we’re going to start the conversation of how bugs are changing the game on us.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiDecember 2, 2024antimicrobial resistance stewardship, how do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, how many people are affected and die from antimicrobial antibiotic resistance, resistant bugs treatment, efflux pumps porins plasmids vertical horizontal transmission, innate vs acquired resistance bacteria