Drug-resistant bacteria

Patent Pending Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the resistance of a microbe to one or more antimicrobial agents,[2] which are used to treat or prevent infection. Resistance is either innate or acquired – referring to whether the resistance is newly developed or has always been present in an organism. Most commonly antimicrobial resistance refers to acquired resistance – which may be a result of either novel mutation or transfer of genes causing resistance.