Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

For about 50 years, antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial infections.
Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living things. Doctors prescribed these
medicines to cure many diseases. During World War II, it treated one of the biggest killers
during wartime - infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when
antibiotics were being mass produced, bacteria started to evolve and became resistant to these
medicines.
Antibiotic resistance can be the result of different things. One cause of resistance could
be drug abuse. …