Superbugs are diseases that formed a resistance to antibacterial. They result from nature and human behavior. A mutation has been inevitable since scientist discovered the cure-all, antibacterial. Antibacterial has saved thousands of lives and has changed life quality. Citizens have taken antibacterial for granted the past few decades overusing and misusing them. Hospitals use lots of antibacterial, every corner there’s hand sanitizer. Physicians prescribed 27 million antibiotics in Canada alone in a year. Specialists prescribed antibiotics to kill a virus; which causes issues. A sudden change from the parent to offspring with different characteristics is a mutation. These microorganisms are acting on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. His theory …show more content…
Stronger bacteria will pass on their skills. Passing strong traits turns into a cycle that doesn’t end. Strains of superbug are common. One can get a superbug with a weak immune system: old, young, and sick. Most cases of a superbug occur while in a hospital where weak immune systems are common. Rarely, a strain has a form that occurs in the public. A superbug is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. Someone can catch MRSA in two places. The strain of MRSA caught in the hospital is HA-MRSA, and one catches CA-MRSA in the community. CA-MRSA has the symptom of a boil, the disease spreads through contact. Most strains spread through the lungs and that’s where they attack. People with issues in their lungs are susceptible. Hospital staff goes lengths to keep everyone safe. By keeping patients in isolation and enforce standards of safety. Visitors, including doctors, have to wear a suit and a mask on so they stay safe and don’t spread the disease. One superbug is VRE or vancomycin- resistant enterococci. VRE is like MRSA except for it is resistant to the drug found to help MRSA patients. This drug is vancomycin and is the last resort drug against