antibiotic resistance: Quick Facts

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Labeled diagram of a bacterial cell showing key structures including capsule, cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, chromosome, plasmid, ribosomes, mesosome, pili, and long flagella.

Diagram of a bacterial cell showing several antibiotic resistance mechanisms, including drug efflux pumps, drug-inactivating enzymes, inhibition of drug uptake, altered drug targets, and modified cell wall proteins, with labeled structures and antibiotic molecules depicted outside and inside the cell.

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Topics

Bacteria Antibiotic carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis totally drug-resistant tuberculosis multidrug-resistant tuberculosis vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA drug resistance

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