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champdecap OP t1_itv42zj wrote

Reply to comment by park28 in How is a person who has built up resistance to antibiotics treated? by champdecap

Thanks for the answer, so if I understand it correctly naturally occurring antibodies in his body will be extracted and used to create an injectable antibiotic?

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park28 t1_itv705j wrote

No problem! Essentially yes. But they don’t need to be extracted. The naturally occurring antibodies help lead us towards what antibiotic would be resistant and what antibiotic would be susceptible to the organism or bacteria

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microbiologist_36 t1_itwbtp0 wrote

What? Can you explain this to me? How does our antibodies help determine what antibiotics are useful?

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park28 t1_itxkkch wrote

By creating immunotherapy based on our antibodies, we can target MDR bacteria

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