A client has been prescribed an antibiotic and overhears the prescriber talking about acquired resistance. The client asks the nurse what this means. Which is the nurse's best statement regarding acquired resistance?
1. It is an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics.
2. It is a superinfection that has significant antifungal resistance.
3. There is no such phenomenon of acquired resistance.
4. It is the most frequently used term for antibiotic coverage.
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Rationale 1:Acquired resistance is an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics.
Rationale 2:Superinfectionis an adverse effect of anti-infective therapy and does not have significant antifungal resistance.
Rationale 3:There is a phenomenon of acquired resistance.
Rationale 4:Antibiotic coverage is also referred to as antibacterial, anti-infective, and antimicrobial.
Global Rationale: Antibiotics help promote the appearance of drug-resistant bacterial strains. These drug-resistant bacteria are then free to grow faster because they are no longer competing for food with neighboring bacteria that were killed by the antibiotics. Soon the patient develops an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics.
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