drug-resistant
Antibiotics won't work
Drug-resistant describes pathogens or diseases that no longer respond to medications that once controlled them.
Bacteria become drug-resistant through mutation or overexposure to antibiotics: drug-resistant tuberculosis, drug-resistant staph infections.
The term also applies to cancers that stop responding to chemotherapy.
Drug resistance is a growing public health concern, often accelerated by antibiotic overuse.
Drug-resistant staph infection
- superbugsAntibiotic-immune bacteria
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
antimicrobial · tuberculosis · bacteria · strain · susceptibility · refractory · persistent · recurrent
Permanent DNA alteration
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
- enzymeProtein that hastens reactions
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
genetic · adaptation · overexpression · chromosomal · acquired · intrinsic · tolerance · phenotypic
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- overprescriptionExcessive medication ordering
misuse · agricultural · livestock · WHO · CDC · containment · isolation · transmission
Resistant to heat/control
- relapsedReturned to worse state
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- metastaticHaving spread from origin
- progressionSequential forward movement
immunotherapy · second-line · salvage · adjuvant · recurrence · remission · oncology · sensitization
MRSA
Drug-resistant staph infection
- superbugsAntibiotic-immune bacteria
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
infection · antimicrobial · tuberculosis · bacteria · strain · susceptibility · refractory · persistent · recurrent · culture
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
- enzymeProtein that hastens reactions
permeability · genetic · adaptation · overexpression · chromosomal · acquired · intrinsic · tolerance · phenotypic · genotypic
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
overprescription · misuse · agricultural · livestock · WHO · CDC · containment · isolation · transmission · global
refractory
Resistant to heat/control
- relapsedReturned to worse state
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- metastaticHaving spread from origin
progression · immunotherapy · second-line · salvage · adjuvant · recurrence · remission · oncology · sensitization · biomarker
- seizuresseizure, epileptic, convulsion, fit, attack
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
drug-resistantsusceptible
Easily influenced or harmed
sensitive · responsive · treatable · chemosensitive · controllable
drug-resistantcurable
Able to be healed
eradicable · manageable · uncomplicated · benign · routine
drug, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggy, resist, resists, resisted, resisting