multidrug-resistant
Immune to antibiotics
Multidrug-resistant describes pathogens—bacteria, viruses, parasites—that have evolved immunity to multiple medications that once killed them.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant staph infections.
Such organisms pose serious treatment challenges because standard drug combinations no longer work.
Bacteria-killing medication
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- bactericidalAble to destroy microbes
- narrow-spectrumActing on limited range
dosing · pharmacokinetics · therapeutic · eradication · intravenous · monotherapy
Drug-resistant staph infection
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- superbugTreatment-resistant pathogen
- PseudomonasBacterial genus, often pathogenic
- SalmonellaRod-shaped food-poisoning bacterium
hospital-acquired · biofilm · colonization · outbreak · endemic · pathogen · strain · isolate
Self-replicating DNA circle
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- enzymaticInvolving biological catalysts
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
biofilm · persistence · compensatory · overexpression · acquisition · chromosomal
Complete separation from others
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
mortality · ICU · immunocompromised · bloodstream · sepsis · prognosis · readmission · transmission
UN health authority
- CDCU.S. public health agency
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- emergingComing into view
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
containment · policy · misuse · overuse · agricultural · livestock · aquaculture · environmental
antibiotic
Bacteria-killing medication
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- bactericidalAble to destroy microbes
narrow-spectrum · dosing · pharmacokinetics · therapeutic · eradication · intravenous · monotherapy
MRSA
Drug-resistant staph infection
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- superbugTreatment-resistant pathogen
- PseudomonasBacterial genus, often pathogenic
Salmonella · hospital-acquired · biofilm · colonization · outbreak · endemic · pathogen · strain · isolate
plasmid
Self-replicating DNA circle
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- enzymaticInvolving biological catalysts
permeability · biofilm · persistence · compensatory · overexpression · acquisition · chromosomal
isolation
Complete separation from others
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
morbidity · mortality · ICU · immunocompromised · bloodstream · sepsis · prognosis · readmission · transmission
WHO
UN health authority
- CDCU.S. public health agency
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- emergingComing into view
epidemic · containment · policy · misuse · overuse · agricultural · livestock · aquaculture · environmental · wastewater
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- Gram-Negative BacteriaE. coli, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Proteus, outer membrane
multidrug-resistantsusceptible
Easily influenced or harmed
sensitive · responsive · treatable · wild-type · chemosensitive
multi, resistant, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggy, resist, resists, resisted