Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotic resistance (AR) is where formerly effective medications are having less and less impact on bacteria. The few gram-negative AR resistant bacteria discussed were MERSA resistant staph, KPC, and the NDM1 enzyme with its gene found on 11 different bacterias. Alexander Fleming, founder of the first antibiotic even warned us about this very thing. Now more than ever there is an increasing urgency to find an answer to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. However many companies have either shut down or turned away from production of antibiotics because it's not a money maker and cost billions to have the drug put on market. The few stories told through Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria shows us the very scary
