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In this video, we look at antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. First we explore how antibiotics work. We then look at why antibiotics cannot be used to treat viral diseases. Lastly we explore antibiotic resistance, looking at Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile.

Image credits:

Antibiotics
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Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Penicillin poster
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Antibiotic resistance
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Naille tairov, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hospital
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Content Providers(s): CDC/ Matthew J. Arduino, DRPHPhoto Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

MRSA
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CDC/Bruno Coignard, M.D.; Jeff Hageman, M.H.S., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

C. difficile
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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