Title: Why won’t this bacterial infection go away? - Daily Monitor
Headings: Why won’t this bacterial infection go away?
Why won’t this bacterial infection go away?
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Content: “Then, some of the bacteria produce enzymes, which neutralise certain antibiotics. For example, there are organisms, which produce substances/enzymes that neutralise penicillin. So, however much you are given penicillin, it will not help,” he added. Of the most abused antibiotics in Uganda, Buga mentions Amoxicillin, used indiscriminately in the case of coughs, flus, wounds and other infections. Ciprofloxacin and Co-trimaxazole (Septrin) are other commonly abused antibiotics, Mr Opio adds. The other problem is that even if bacteria have been changing continuously, the medicines used against it have remained the same. “These drugs that we are using are very old molecules,” Opio says. One of the most common examples is Penicillin. It was discovered in the early 1920s. That means it is coming to close to 100-years-old,” he adds.