Group 1 Graded.docx SCI/362 Antibiotic Resistance SCI/362 Topic: Antibiotic Resistance

Group 1 Graded.docx  SCI/362  Antibiotic Resistance  SCI/362  Topic: Antibiotic Resistance  Thesis Statement  Antibiotic resistance can be strongly influenced by the presence of viruses or negatively impacting conditions and can even be the result of a virus impact on the body, as demonstrated in the newest phenomenon of COVID-19.  Article #1: Will coronavirus disease (COVID-19) gave an impact on antimicrobial resistance? By Dominque L. Monnet & Stephen Harbath.  Topic:  (Monique et al, 2020), pens an article discussing the impacts of the current coronavirus impacting populations in Europe and the United States, and how multiple studies have shown that not only do people have to deal with the virus itself, but with a host of different bacteria that  are multi-drug resistant. This article was written by two members of different European Infection Disease Prevention and Control centers in order to inform and make aware of the situation regarding COVID-19 that not only centers around the virus itself, but the unknown side effects that come along with it, meant for both the public and health professionals alike in its easy accessibility. The information is incredibly relevant to the subject of the case study because not only does it discuss in detail how antibiotic resistance may occur in general, but also because it is in tandem with the pandemic that is currently going on in the year 2021. The authors collected a table of evidence discussing factors that may influence levels of antimicrobial resist