• Question: to what extent can a bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?

    Asked by lilih to Kat, Andrew, Katie, Sadaf on 18 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Andrew Swale

      Andrew Swale answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      Antibiotic resistance is currently a very big concern for the medical world

      Some bacteria are only resistant to ‘front-line’ antibiotics and can therefore be treated by a secondary antibiotic

      However, some bacteria (such as C. Diff that I am working on) are resistant to multiple antibiotics and are deemed ‘superbugs’

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