Infectious Diseases: Control and Prevention

Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms

Multiresistance is antimicrobial resistance which can shown by a species of microorganism to multiple antimicrobial drugs. The types most threatening to public health are MDR bacteria that can resist multiple antibiotics and the other types include MDR viruses, fungi, and Recognizing different degrees of MDR, the terms extensively drug resistant (XDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR) have been introduced. Various microorganisms have survived for thousands of years by their ability to adapt to antimicrobial agents. It is necessary to develop new antibiotics over time since the selection of resistant bacteria which cannot be prevented completely.