Team:elan vital korea/Project Overview
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Bacteria acquiring resistance to antibiotics pose serious health problem globally. Following last year’s example,
the project of Elan Vital Korea for this year also is related to MRSA. This year, however, we have focused
on early detection of MRSA infection using quorum sensing. Below, we have briefly described the health threats
caused by MRSA, and have explained the quorum sensing method. Then, we have proceeded to the description
of how we designed and implemented our experiments, and what results we have obtained. Finally, we have briefly
outlined the implication of our results and future plans.
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Threats of Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria
Infection by antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious health threat worldwide including Korea and
the United States of America. It is a serious threat primarily because, as the name suggests,
bacteria have evolutionarily developed a resistance to antibiotics. It means, first of all, drugs don’t work.
Furthermore, the spread of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria makes it more difficult to
control or contain the spread of the infectious disease, because it undermines the effectiveness of treatment.
And, it substantially increases the cost of healthcare, and the burden to society because it prolongs
the treatment period and increases the likelihood of death. WHO declared that it “threatens the achievements of
modern medicine” (Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Report on Surveillance 2014, WHO, 2014).
Antimicrobial resistance already causes 700,000 deaths every year, which number is expected to 10 million annually
by 2050 (An international legal framework to address antimicrobial resistance, WHO, 2015).
What makes the problem more pressing is that the data isbased on the reports of clinical samples from
laboratories, “predominantly in hospital settings” (Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Report on
Surveillance 2014, WHO, 2014, p. 70), which means community-acquired (compared to health-care associated)
infections and uncomplicated infections are underrepresented.
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Bacteria acquiring resistance to antibiotics pose serious health problem globally. Following last year’s example,
the project of Elan Vital Korea for this year also is related to MRSA. This year, however, we have focused
on early detection of MRSA infection using quorum sensing. Below, we have briefly described the health threats
caused by MRSA, and have explained the quorum sensing method. Then, we have proceeded to the description
of how we designed and implemented our experiments, and what results we have obtained. Finally, we have briefly
outlined the implication of our results and future plans.
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