Difference Between Disinfectant And Antimicrobial Resistance

This paper will discuss two different issues disinfectants and antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing/resistance. To better understand disinfectants we will further explore topics such as: the meaning of bactericidal, bacteriostatic, virucidal, and fungistatic; the importance of using a control culture when evaluating disinfectants; factors that can impact the activity of disinfectants; microorganism having different responses to disinfectants; and identifying the microorganism susceptible to disinfectants. The other topic that will be discussed will be antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing/resistance consisting of topics such as: the meaning of antimicrobial resistance and susceptibility; the importance of utilizing pure cultures …show more content…
biofilms known as microbial communities attaches to surfaces tightly making it difficult to remove and protecting the microorganism); amount of microorganisms (the more present will take longer to destroy such as clumped cells); chemical and physical issues (i.e. water hardness, humidity, temperature, and pH); and the microorganisms natural material it bears (organic/inorganic components such as plasma, pus, blood, or fecal) (CDC, …show more content…
Microorganisms that are resilient to antimicrobial are known as super bugs resulting in medications being unsuccessful allowing the infection to grow increasing the chances of it spreading (WHO, 2016). However, antimicrobial susceptibility assessments are important and significant in determining the bacterial isolates. It is used to detect a chance of a possible drug resistance found in pathogens insuring susceptibility to the medication for a certain infection will be successful (Oxford,