Rise of Antibiotic Resistance in Tuberculosis

Microorganism like bacteria can quickly adapt resistance against the action of the antibiotic which makes it difficult to kill them. Since it is very time consuming and expensive to come up with new antibiotics, scientists are trying to come up with new methods like bacteriophage therapy, vaccinations, etc. During the course of infection there are often large and diverse populations of pathogens, and if a single point mutation in the gene encoding an antibiotic target can confer resistance to the antibiotic. * Modification (and protection) of targets: First Line drug: 1. [...]line agent: 1.