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Pneumoniae Research Paper

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Ben Sperber
Period 7

Drug Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Drug Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
The war against bacteria and their ability to evolve at a much faster rate than humans can create antibiotics (a medicine that hinders and disrupts bacterial growth and or destroys it) to fight against them has the human race at a disadvantage. With more and more bacteria being found to have strains of drug-resistant chains is creating a health crisis around the world as global health officials try to find a way to protect their populations against this up and coming threat, and the issues it poses for the future of medicine and treatment of infections. Due to increased use of antibiotics in unneeded situations, bacteria are having more chances to let mutations that are immune to antibiotics be spread through other bacteria. This is causing more cases of antibiotic resistant bacteria and increasing the number of them. Drug resistance results in higher costs due to longer hospital pays and more expensive antibiotics, need for supervision, patient education, and new drug developments. Drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, or more commonly known as DRSP is found in nearly every corner of the world but are more common in places that are less developed and therefore have a less access to a pneumococcal conjugate …show more content…

This exacerbates the growth and movement of drug resistant S. pneumoniae and their transformations as such. This poses an issue as the number of DRSP can soon outnumber the non-DRSP and cause complications in the treatment of patients diagnosed with an infection due to S. pneumoniae. Damage is caused primarily by the host's inflammatory response that caused liquids to build up in the lungs, or Pulmonary Edema, resulting in difficulty breathing and weak oxygenation of the

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