Exam 15: Infectious Diseases: Antibiotic Resistance and Public Health

Antibiotic prescribing practices in U.S. hospitals are too high, and similar across geographic regions.

Which of the following antibiotic-resistant infections have been reported internationally?

Antibiotic resistance, as a public health issue, is largely confined to health care institutions in the United States.

An example of an infection characterized by CDC as a "serious" threat is durg-resistant:

Outside of North America and Northern Europe, a high percentage of antibiotic use does not require prescriptions.

Bacteria may become resistant to antibiotics due to:

A study conducted in 13 European countries showed variation in antibiotic prescribing for the same symptom, not likely due to differences in disease incidence.

Which of the following vaccines contributes to prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections?

In the United States the system developed to track a variety of characteristics of antibiotics and their use in both humans and animals is called:

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are characterized by CDC as a serious threat because they cause infections that may result in hospitalization, but are rarely fatal.